Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
coil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in the shape of a coil
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Examples
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She was puzzled for a moment about how to carry it, and finally hit on the idea of coiling it into a roll, making a little bundle of it with one of the scraps of silk still fluttering around the poor two-legger's skeleton, and tying the bundle around her neck, dropping it securely inside her tunic.
The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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Even the striking of a match starts a little worm coiling, which is too small to complete a circle but is eternally watchful.
A Passage To India Forster, E. M. 1924
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Police said it appeared the thieves knew they wanted the copper coiling, which is very valuable as scrap metal.
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The police returned the copper coiling, which is covered by aluminum covers on the outside, back to the church.
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[5], and has been shown to enter monocytes in an unusual mechanism called coiling phagocytosis
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Furthermore, because it is in motion, it teaches the muscles to sequence their movement so as to create a kind of coiling energy.
Catching My Balance Steven Barnes 2009
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Furthermore, because it is in motion, it teaches the muscles to sequence their movement so as to create a kind of coiling energy.
Archive 2009-04-01 Steven Barnes 2009
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The Gothic pilasters are filled with the same kind of coiling and spiral leaves and ribbons that are used in 1 E. 9 and Harl. 1892, the backgrounds of the miniatures enriched with fine gold patterns.
Illuminated Manuscripts John William Bradley 1873
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Maxine, a former timber industry employee, survived a ruptured cerebral aneurysm and, as part of her treatment, underwent a "coiling" procedure in which a small plastic tube was inserted into her leg and piped into her brain, through which were threaded platinum coils into the aneurysm, blocking blood flow to prevent future rupture.
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The stock ran all the way up to 38.35, and then backed and filled Monday in a kind of coiling action.
FXstreet.com 2010
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