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coiling
Overview of verb coil
The verb coil has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) gyrate, spiral, coil -- (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 -- (make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels")
3. coil, loop, curl -- (wind around something in coils or loops)
Overview of adj coiling
The adj coiling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate -- (in the shape of a coil)
Antonyms of verb coil
1 of 3 senses of coil
Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
Antonym of uncoil (Sense 1)
=>uncoil
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coil
3 senses of coil
Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil
=> turn
=> move
Sense 2
handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb coil
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coil
3 senses of coil
Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil
=> turn
Sense 2
handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
'Cause To' of verb coil
Derived Forms of verb coil
2 of 3 senses of coil
Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil
RELATED TO>(noun) coil#2
=> coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
RELATED TO>(noun) coil#1
=> coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
RELATED TO>(noun) coil#2
=> coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
RELATED TO>(noun) coil#1
=> coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
Domain of verb coil
Domain Terms of verb coil
Familiarity of verb coil
coil used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb coil
3 senses of coil
Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
handbuild, hand-build, coil
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
EX: They coil the wire around the stick
EX: The wires coil around the stick
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb coil
3 senses of coil
Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil
> turn
=> twist
=> flip, flip over, turn over
=> turn on a dime
=> roll, turn over
=> roll over
=> swing around, swing about, turn around
=> flip, toss
=> port
=> face
=> turn off
=> turn away
=> gee
=> about-face
=> caracole
=> corner
=> overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
=> bend
=> swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> deflect
=> deflect, bend, turn away
=> avert, turn away
=> turn out, splay, spread out, rotate
=> rotate, circumvolve
=> pivot, swivel
=> gyrate, spiral, coil
=> corkscrew, spiral
=> deviate, divert
=> pronate
Sense 2
handbuild, hand-build, coil
> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> carve
=> swage, upset
=> chip
=> layer
=> cut out
=> machine
=> grind
=> stamp
=> puddle
=> beat
=> preform
=> preform
=> mound
=> hill
=> roughcast
=> reshape, remold
=> sinter
=> cast, mold, mould
=> throw
=> handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> sculpt, sculpture
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> spool
=> reel
=> ball
=> clue, clew
=> coil, loop, curl
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb coil
Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil
=> turn
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Sense 2
handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
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Sense 3
coil, loop, curl
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
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Grep of verb coil
coil
recoil
uncoil
Antonyms of adj coiling
1 sense of coiling
Sense 1
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
INDIRECT (VIA coiled) -> uncoiled, straight
Similarity of adj coiling
1 sense of coiling
Sense 1
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
=> coiled (vs. uncoiled)
Pertainyms of adj coiling
Attributes of adj coiling
Domain of adj coiling
Domain Terms of adj coiling
Familiarity of adj coiling
coiling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj coiling
coiling
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