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Meanings of coiled in English

Spanish
enroscado

Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)

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enroscado
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Examples for "uncoiled"
Examples for "uncoiled"
1
Haile's tractamorphic arm uncoiled from her wrist, and straightened out to point.
The Naked God
2
She it was who uncoiled the long drag-rope ready for her lowering.
The Lady of the Shroud
3
He uncoiled the rope, expertly ran out the noose, and grimly waited.
Merton of the Movies
4
The red plant suddenly uncoiled, extended upward, and quickly enwrapped his forearm.
The Tarn of Eternity
5
He dropped over a roll of line which uncoiled as it fell.
And the deep blue sea
Usage of coiled in English
1
Elsie found the painter of the life-boat coiled in its proper place.
The Captain of the Kansas
2
The Russian segment provides fracturing and coiled tubing services in Western Siberia.
Reuters
3
Results: All three patients were successfully stent coiled with the LVIS device.
Pubmed
4
There lay the dreaded serpent, coiled in a ring round the wall.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 09 (of 15), Scandin...
5
I could practically feel his coiled energy, the burning below his surface.
Murder most frothy
6
Now the wires were neatly coiled on the ground beside the basket.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
7
The girl was held within by the coiled one on the stone.
Son of Power
8
It hung over the green heads, it coiled about the gray trunks.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
9
No obvious sign of weaponry, no piano wire coiled on the table.
Goodbye dolly
10
The rope coiled and tied beside the saddle fork was of rawhide.
The Phantom Herd
11
Snake coiled Sand around her right arm and took the papers left-handed.
Dreamsnake
12
The second aneurysm in each canine was coiled without an adjunctive device.
Pubmed
13
Civilisation slipped away as the track coiled its way into the unknown.
BBC
14
I was the coiled-up snake waiting for the perfect millisecond to attack.
A taste of magic
15
I could feel Suzie poising for action, tense as a coiled spring.
Agents of light and darkness
16
He found the mate coiled in the scupper, very wet and still.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
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