coiled (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *coiled*:
ADJECTIVE	all	coiled	curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)

coiled > pronunciation
Sounds	koy'ld
Rhymes	boiled ... unspoiled: 11 rhymes with oyld...

English > *coiled*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals).
Examples	"a coiled snake ready to strike" "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
Narrower	coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate	In the shape of a coil
	convolute, convoluted	Rolled longitudinally upon itself
	involute	(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured
	involute, rolled	especially of petals or leaves in bud
	wound	put in a coil
See also	crooked	Having or marked by bends or angles
See also	rounded	curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
Opposite	uncoiled, straight	no longer coiled
Spanish	bobinado, enrollado, enroscado

HyperDic: coiled