- 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 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