Coil

  • 31coil — coil1 [ kɔıl ] noun count * 1. ) a length of something that forms rings or curls: a coil of rope a ) something that has a long curved shape: a coil of black smoke 2. ) a piece of curved wire that produces heat or light when electricity passes… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32coil — 1 verb (I, T) to wind or twist into a series of rings, or to make something do this; spiral 3 (1): snakes coiled in the grass | coil sth: Please coil the cords neatly before you put them away. coiled adjective 2 noun (C) 1 a continuous series of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33coil — I [[t]kɔɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to wind into continuous rings one above the other or one around the other 2) to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops: Coil the garden hose and hang it up[/ex] 3) to form rings, spirals, etc 4) to follow a winding course… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34coil — I. /kɔɪl / (say koyl) verb (t) 1. to wind into loops one above another; twist or wind spirally: to coil a rope. –verb (i) 2. to form loops, spirals, etc.; wind. 3. to move in a winding course. 4. Obsolete to lie down or curl up to sleep. –noun 5 …

  • 35coil — [16] Ultimately, coil, cull, and collect are the same word. All come from Latin colligere ‘gather together’. Its past participial stem produced collect, but the infinitive form passed into Old French as coillir, culler, etc, and thence into… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 36coil — coil1 noun 1》 a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings. 2》 an intrauterine contraceptive device in the form of a coil. 3》 an electrical device consisting of a coiled wire, for converting the level of a voltage,… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 37coil — [kɔɪl] noun [C] I a long piece of rope, hair, or wire, that forms several circles, each on top of the other II verb [I/T] coil [kɔɪl] to make something into a coil coiled [kɔɪld] adj …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 38coil — gyvatukas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Spirale susuktas šildymo arba aušinimo vamzdis. atitikmenys: angl. coil; coil pipe; coiled pipe; coiler rus. змеевик …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 39coil — [16] Ultimately, coil, cull, and collect are the same word. All come from Latin colligere ‘gather together’. Its past participial stem produced collect, but the infinitive form passed into Old French as coillir, culler, etc, and thence into… …

    Word origins

  • 40coil —  a hen coil, a hen pen. N. Coil also signifies in the North, a great stir, and a lump on the head by a blow …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England