The Meaning of coil

• (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
• (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
• (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
• (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
• (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
• (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
• (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

Synonyms

spiral , volute , whorl , helix , whorl , roll , curl , curlicue , ringlet , gyre , scroll , gyrate , spiral , handbuild , hand-build , loop , curl

Antonyms

uncoil

Homophones

coile , coyle

Rhymes

airfoil , boil , boyle , britoil , broil , coile , coyle , croyle , doyle , embroil , fermoyle , foil , foyle , gargoyle , gatoil , guilfoil , hoyle , hydrofoil , lukoil , moyle , oboyle , oil , oleoyl , parboil , recoil , roil , royle , soil , spoil , subsoil , toil , topsoil , turmoil , uncoil