- coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate - in the shape of a coil
Antonyms: uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)
- spiral - a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it
--1 is a kind of curve, curved shape
Derived forms: verb spiral2, verb spiral1 - helix, spiral - a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
--2 is a kind of curve, curved shape
--2 has particulars: double helixDerived form: verb spiral2 - spiral, volute - ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
--3 is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
- coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
--4 is a kind of structure, construction
--4 has particulars: hankDerived form: verb spiral1 - spiral - flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
--5 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
Derived form: verb spiral3
- 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 spiral4, noun spiral1
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- spiral - form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
--2 is one way to wind, curve
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun spiral2, noun spiral1
The wires spiral around the stick
- corkscrew, spiral - move in a spiral or zigzag course
--3 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun spiral5
Something ----s
Somebody ----s