1. coil - Noun
2. coil - Verb
3. Coil - Proper noun
To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
Source: Webster's dictionarya coil of rope Source: Internet
This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels Source: Internet
the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action Source: Internet
black smoke coiling up into the sky Source: Internet
the young people gyrated on the dance floor Source: Internet
A bank of capacitors releases a pulse of high voltage electric current of tens of kilovolts lasting 10 microseconds into the coil, generating a radial magnetic field. Source: Internet