Coil (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- She carefully coiled the clay to form the walls of the vessel, gradually adding each layer.
- This method requires coiling strings of clay to create the desired shape and size.
- The potter chose a coiling technique to make a large, open bowl with a unique shape.
- Coiling thin ropes of clay on top of one another allowed her to achieve the desired height.
- As the piece began to take shape, she coiled a smaller rope to create the neck of the vessel.
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Meaning 2
Wind around something in coils or loops.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The snake began to coil itself around the branch before striking its prey.
- She carefully coiled the rope around the cleat before securing it in place.
- The electrician learned how to coil wire neatly for easy storage.
- A length of barbed wire coiled at her feet, waiting to be unrolled.
- The cable coiled behind the machine as it began to unwind.
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Meaning 3
To wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The snake began to coil itself tightly around the branch as it prepared to strike.
- Black smoke coiling up into the sky signaled the start of a massive fire.
- As the alarm sounded, the muscles in her body were coiling for action, ready to respond.
- A gentle whirlpool formed, its waves coiling outward from the center.
- Tendrils of fog coiling off the lake created a mysterious atmosphere at dawn.