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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