"coiled" in the verb sense
1. gyrate, spiral, coil
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
make without a potter's wheel
"This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
3. coil, loop, curl
wind around something in coils or loops
"coiled" in the adjective sense
1. coiled
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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