Synonyms for coiled

Verb

1. gyrate, spiral, coil, turn
usage: 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"
2. handbuild, hand-build, coil, shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
usage: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
3. coil, loop, curl, wind, wrap, roll, twine
usage: wind around something in coils or loops

Adjective

1. coiled (vs. uncoiled), coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate, convolute, curled, curled up, involute, looped, whorled, twined, twisted, convoluted, involute, rolled, wound
usage: curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
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