“a coiled snake ready to strike”
“the rope lay coiled on the deck”
- Synonyms
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coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled
in the shape of a coil
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convolute, convoluted
rolled longitudinally upon itself
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involute
(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
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involute, rolled
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
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wound
put in a coil
- Antonyms:
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straight, uncoiled
no longer coiled
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uncurled
not curled
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