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coil
1[ koil ]
noun
- a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into:
A coil of string was wound around the pole.
- one of a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into:
Grab the first coil of the yarn and slip it over the other two.
- an arrangement of pipes wound up in a spiral or series, as in a radiator.
- a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends.
- Medicine/Medical. an intrauterine device.
- Electricity.
- a conductor, such as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or similar form.
- a device made up of this type of conductor.
- Philately.
- a stamp issued in a roll, usually of 500 stamps, and usually perforated vertically or horizontally only.
- a roll of such stamps.
verb (used with object)
- to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other:
The first step of this craft is to coil a wire around a pencil.
- to wind on a flat surface into a connected series of rings, one atop the other:
He coiled the rope on the deck.
- to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops:
She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook.
verb (used without object)
- to form rings, spirals, etc.; gather or retract in a circular way:
The snake coiled, ready to strike.
- to move in or follow a winding course:
The river coiled through the valley.
coil
2[ koil ]
noun
- a noisy disturbance; commotion; tumult.
- trouble; bustle; ado.
coil
1/ °ìɔɪ±ô /
verb
- to wind or gather (ropes, hair, etc) into loops or (of rope, hair, etc) to be formed in such loops
- intr to move in a winding course
noun
- something wound in a connected series of loops
- a single loop of such a series
- an arrangement of pipes in a spiral or loop, as in a condenser
- an electrical conductor wound into the form of a spiral, sometimes with a soft iron core, to provide inductance or a magnetic field See also induction coil
- an intrauterine contraceptive device in the shape of a coil
- the transformer in a petrol engine that supplies the high voltage to the sparking plugs
coil
2/ °ìɔɪ±ô /
noun
- the troubles and activities of the world (in the Shakespearean phrase this mortal coil )
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦´Ç¾±±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦´Ç¾±±ô·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ³¦´Ç¾±±ô·²¹Â·²ú¾±±ô·¾±Â·³Ù²â [koil-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee] noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦´Ç¾±±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coil1
Origin of coil2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coil1
Origin of coil2
Example Sentences
A thin, rusty coil of sun smoldered through a patch in the clouds.
"I think GPs need to spend more time exploring symptoms and offering other solutions rather than just the pill or the coil, it's ridiculous," she said.
Lancaster’s Darren is like a coiled snake, ready to spring at the most unexpected moments.
If you have recently had a contraceptive coil put into your womb, there is a very small chance it could become dislodged, or even removed, by suction.
His West Virginia home bordered a cattle farm, the backyard and back pasture separated by a fence of loosely coiled barbed wire.
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