verb

1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

   “A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.”

2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

   “The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.”

3. To wind cylindrically or spirally.

   “The snake coiled itself before springing.”

adjective

1. In the form of coils; having coils.

   “a coiled serpent”

2. Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.

Synonyms: looped