Synonyms of coiled

Verb


1. gyrate, spiral, coil, turn

usage: 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, shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

usage: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

3. coil, loop, curl, wind, wrap, roll, twine

usage: wind around something in coils or loops

Adjective


1. coiled (vs. uncoiled), coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate, convolute, convoluted, involute, involute, rolled, wound

usage: curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"

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