- coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate - in the shape of a coil
Antonyms: uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)
- 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"
--1 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun coil2, noun coil1
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- handbuild, hand-build, coil - make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
--2 is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- coil, loop, curl - wind around something in coils or loops
--3 is one way to wind, wrap, roll, twine
Antonyms: uncoil
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun coil2, noun coil1
They coil the wire around the stick
The wires coil around the stick