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# coil

noun (a coil, coils); verb (coil, coils, coiled, coiling)

«coil» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A series of rings or loops made by winding something long (a coil of rope). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#m1)
2. One ring of such a series. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#m2)
3. A wire wound in rings that carries electricity, as in a heater or electromagnet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#m3)
4. To wind something into rings, or to lie in rings (The snake coiled up). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science: a coil of wire makes an electromagnet stronger with more turns; springs are coils. In nature: a snake coils. In everyday life: coiling a hose or rope. Phrase: coiled spring (ready to jump).

### Examples

- The snake lay in a coil on the rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x1)
- Wind the rope into a neat coil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x2)
- More coils of wire make the electromagnet stronger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x3)
- The kettle has a heating coil inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x4)
- The cat's tail coiled around its paws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x5)
- A spring is a metal coil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x6)
- And the boy could reef a sail and coil a rope and keep the ship's nose steady before the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: coiled. In science problems, «number of coils» or «turns» is something you can count and compare. Similar: loop, curl, spiral.

## In Jewish tradition

In science: a coil of wire makes an electromagnet stronger with more turns; springs are coils. In nature: a snake coils. In everyday life: coiling a hose or rope. Phrase: coiled spring (ready to jump).

### Note

Regular verb: coiled. In science problems, «number of coils» or «turns» is something you can count and compare. Similar: loop, curl, spiral.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «coil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/coil.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «coil» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coil» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/coil.html) on Mova free.