coil1 verbcoil2 noun
coilcoil1 /kɔɪl/ ●○○ (also coil up) verb [intransitive, transitive] 
WORD ORIGINcoil1
Origin:
1500-1600 Old French coillir, cuillir ‘to gather’VERB TABLE
coil
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | coil |
| he, she, it | coils | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coiled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coiled |
| he, she, it | has coiled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coiled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will coil |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coiled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am coiling |
| he, she, it | is coiling | |
| you, we, they | are coiling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was coiling |
| you, we, they | were coiling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coiling |
| he, she, it | has been coiling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coiling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coiling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coiling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A student discovered the 12-foot python coiled in a corner of the classroom.
- Wrap the bar with heavy string, coiling it tightly for safety.
- As she hurried to grab a taxi to the hotel she could feel her stomach coiling into knots of dread.
- He bumbled around for a bit, trying to coil up the string and push the wood into tidy heaps.
- He stood for a while watching the headlights coil down the canyon road.
- It took a minute to turn the handle 60 times and fully coil the spring.
- Quickly coiling the bow line, he raised the main, then back to the cockpit.
- Rachel didn't like the tension coiling in her stomach at the thought of that.
Longman Language Activatorto bend something
to make something have a curved shape, or to fold something at an angle, by pushing or pressing it: · Someone had bent the aerial.· He bent the wire into an 'S' shape.bend something back/down etc: · We had to bend the branches back so we could get through the bushes and back onto the path.
to bend and turn something several times, such as a piece of wire, cloth, or rope, especially in order to tie it to something or make something with it: · Laura twisted the handkerchief in her hands nervously.· We twisted a wire coathanger and used it to open the car door.twist something into/around/through etc: · Her long blonde hair was twisted into a knot on the back of her head.
to wind or twist into a round shape, or to wind or twist something in this way: · The snake had coiled itself in a corner of the cage.coil up something/coil something up: · They coiled up the rope and put it away.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil (=died)
when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil (=died)· The snake coiled itself around the branch.
· The coil of barbed wire will be used for a fence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to wind or twist into a series of rings, or to make something do this: - Morse and Meldrew both shuffled off this mortal coil and the telly world is diminished by their passing.
- Times had certainly changed since he had shuffled off the old mortal coil.
The snake coiled around the branches of the tree. Her long hair was coiled up in a plait at the top of her head. He coiled the rope.—coiled adjective [only before noun]coil1 verbcoil2 noun
coilcoil2 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- There should be frost all over the freezer coil.
- Condenser coils are the tubes under or behind the refrigerator that carry coolant to the refrigeration unit.
- Ever use one of those coils around Halloween time?
- I pinned the braids in a coil on top of the waved cap of hair.
- It is linked to the magnetic field of the transmitted wave - not the turns of the coil.
- Massive coils atop the building hissed and cracked through the day, but the doors never opened.
- The snake wrapped its coils around her.
- Twist the wire round the foot so that it sits tightly, forming a protective coil around the tubular feet.
WORD SETS
alternator, nounarc, nounblow, verbcapacitor, nouncathode, nouncell, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharger, nouncircuit, nouncircuit board, nouncircuit breaker, nouncircuitry, nouncoil, nouncondenser, nounconnection, nouncontact, nouncord, nouncordless, adjectivecurrent, nounDC, dimmer, noundirect current, noundischarge, verbdischarge, nounE, earth, nounearth, verbelectric, adjectiveelectrician, nounelectricity, nounelectrics, nounelectrode, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronics, nounfuel cell, nounfuse, verbfuse box, nounfused, adjectivegrid, nounlive, adjectivelive wire, nounmagic eye, nounmagneto, nounnegative, adjectiveneutral, adjectivenoise, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoutlet, nounphotoelectric, adjectivephotoelectric cell, nounpin, nounplug, nounpoint, nounpre-set, adjectiveprinted circuit, nounprogramme, nounprogramme, verbpulse, nounremote control, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounscan, verbscanner, nounshort, nounshort, verbshort circuit, nounshort-circuit, verbsocket, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonar, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nounterminal, nountime switch, nountoggle switch, nountorch, nountransformer, nountransistor, nounvacuum tube, nounvalve, nounW, wire, nounwiring, nounzapper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil (=died)
when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil (=died)· The snake coiled itself around the branch.
· The coil of barbed wire will be used for a fence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Times had certainly changed since he had shuffled off the old mortal coil.· Morse and Meldrew both shuffled off this mortal coil and the telly world is diminished by their passing.
NOUN· The other acts as a pickup coil producing a voltage proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux linking it.· The signals generated in the pickup coils are not neat rectangular pulses although their amplitudes very with the external field.· The voltage induced in the pickup coil by this waveform is directly proportional to the rate of change of magnetic induction.· The finished transducer includes a second pickup coil at right angles to the first.
VERB· Morse and Meldrew both shuffled off this mortal coil and the telly world is diminished by their passing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a continuous series of circular rings into which something such as wire or rope has been wound or twistedcoil of- Morse and Meldrew both shuffled off this mortal coil and the telly world is diminished by their passing.
- Times had certainly changed since he had shuffled off the old mortal coil.
a coil of rope2one ring of wire, rope etc in a continuous series3a wire or a metal tube in a continuous circular shape that produces light or heat when electricity is passed through it: the coil in a light bulb4the part of a car engine that sends electricity to the spark plugs5a contraceptive that is a flat curved piece of metal or plastic that is fitted inside a woman’s uterus SYN IUD