"coil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɔɪl/ [UK, US], /kwaɪl/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: en-us-coil.ogg [US] Forms: coils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪl Etymology: From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|coilen}} Middle English coilen, {{der|en|fro|coillir}} Old French coillir, {{m|fro|cuillir|t=to gather, pluck, pick, cull}} cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”), {{cog|fr|cueillir}} French cueillir, {{der|en|la|colligō|t=to gather together}} Latin colligō (“to gather together”), {{m|la|collectus}} collectus, {{m|la|com-||together}} com- (“together”), {{m|la|legō|t=to gather}} legō (“to gather”), {{doublet|en|cull}} Doublet of cull Head templates: {{en-noun}} coil (plural coils)
  1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. Translations (something wound): σπείραμα (speírama) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مِلَفّ (milaff) [masculine] (Arabic), وَشِيعَة (wašīʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), գալար (galar) (Armenian), намо́тка (namótka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), нави́вка (navívka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 螺線 (Chinese Mandarin), 螺线 (luóxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 螺旋 (luóxuán) (Chinese Mandarin), spirála (Czech), spiral [common-gender] (Danish), spiraal [common-gender] (Dutch), veer [feminine] (Dutch), keerd (Estonian), spiraal (Estonian), kierukka (Finnish), vyyhti (Finnish), kela (Finnish), spire [feminine] (French), Spirale [feminine] (German), Wickel [masculine] (German), Rolle [feminine] (German), Windung [feminine] (German), σπείρα (speíra) [feminine] (Greek), κουλούρα (kouloúra) [feminine] (Greek), spírall [masculine] (Icelandic), verri [masculine] (Icelandic), spirale [feminine] (Italian), とぐろ (toguro) (Japanese), 渦状 (kajō) (alt: かじょう) (Japanese), 螺旋 (rasen) (alt: らせん) (Japanese), ritulis [masculine] (Latvian), на́мотка (námotka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pōkai (Maori), spiral [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spiral [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), espira [feminine] (Occitan), zwój (Polish), espiral [feminine] (Portuguese), спира́ль (spirálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), кольцо́ (kolʹcó) [neuter] (Russian), вито́к (vitók) [masculine] (Russian), lùb [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), espiral [feminine] (Spanish), hélice [feminine] (Spanish), spiral [common-gender] (Swedish), rulle [common-gender] (Swedish), makara (Turkish), кото́к (kotók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), коту́шка (kotúška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), спіра́ль (spirálʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-coil-en-noun-iP-bEmUC Disambiguation of 'something wound': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
    Sense id: en-coil-en-noun-~mcsWSqy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 58 9 3 3 2 7 1 11 2 3
  3. (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow. Categories (topical): Electronics Synonyms: inductor Translations (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor): وَشِيعَة (wašīʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), կոճ (koč) (Armenian), боби́на (bobína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 線圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 线圈 (xiànquān) (Chinese Mandarin), cívka [feminine] (Czech), spole [common-gender] (Danish), spoel [feminine] (Dutch), bobeno (Esperanto), pool (Estonian), mähis (Estonian), käämi (Finnish), kela (Finnish), bobine [feminine] (French), Spule [feminine] (German), πηνίο (pinío) [neuter] (Greek), spóla [feminine] (Icelandic), bobina [feminine] (Italian), コイル (koiru) (Japanese), បូប៊ីន (boobiin) (Khmer), bobina [feminine] (Occitan), cewka [feminine] (Polish), bobina [feminine] (Portuguese), кату́шка (katúška) [feminine] (Russian), боби́на (bobína) [feminine] (Russian), шпу́лька (špúlʹka) [feminine] (Russian), tuljava [feminine] (Slovene), bobina [feminine] (Spanish), bobinado [masculine] (Spanish), spole [common-gender] (Swedish), kidkid (Tagalog), bobin (Turkish), коту́шка (kotúška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кото́к (kotók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cuộn cảm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-coil-en-noun-qRia7kNi Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor': 0 27 68 2 3
  4. A cylinder of clay.
    Sense id: en-coil-en-noun-H5ObIyJI
  5. (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-coil-en-noun-7zSuvFyk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /kɔɪl/ [UK, US], /kwaɪl/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: en-us-coil.ogg [US] Forms: coils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪl Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} coil (plural coils)
  1. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil. Derived forms: mortal coil Translations (noise): rumoer [neuter] (Dutch), meteli (Finnish), θόρυβος (thóryvos) [masculine] (Greek), шум (šum) [masculine] (Russian), суета́ (sujetá) [feminine] (Russian), сумато́ха (sumatóxa) [feminine] (Russian), хло́поты (xlópoty) [plural] (Russian), беспоря́док (besporjádok) [masculine] (Russian), га́лас (hálas) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ґвалт (gvalt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шум (šum) [masculine] (Ukrainian), га́мір (hámir) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-coil-en-noun-Qlq52YLS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kɔɪl/ [UK, US], /kwaɪl/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: en-us-coil.ogg [US] Forms: coils [present, singular, third-person], coiling [participle, present], coiled [participle, past], coiled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪl Etymology: From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|coilen}} Middle English coilen, {{der|en|fro|coillir}} Old French coillir, {{m|fro|cuillir|t=to gather, pluck, pick, cull}} cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”), {{cog|fr|cueillir}} French cueillir, {{der|en|la|colligō|t=to gather together}} Latin colligō (“to gather together”), {{m|la|collectus}} collectus, {{m|la|com-||together}} com- (“together”), {{m|la|legō|t=to gather}} legō (“to gather”), {{doublet|en|cull}} Doublet of cull Head templates: {{en-verb}} coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
  1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece. Translations (wind into regular rings): գալարել (galarel) (Armenian), навивам (navivam) (Bulgarian), намотавам (namotavam) (Bulgarian), (chán) (Chinese Mandarin), sno (Danish), rulle sammen (Danish), oprollen (Dutch), opschieten (Dutch), opwinden (Dutch), kiertää (Finnish), keriä (Finnish), käämiä (Finnish), enrouler (French), embobiner (French), enrolar (Galician), περιελίσσω (perielísso) (Greek), περισπειρώ (perispeiró) (Greek), κουλουριάζω (koulouriázo) (Greek), pōkai (Maori), niko (Maori), pōkuru (Maori), enrotlar (Occitan), enrolar (Portuguese), свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ) [neuter] (Russian), snurra (Swedish), sno (Swedish), ви́ти (výty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), завива́ти (zavyváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зави́ти (zavýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), закру́чувати (zakrúčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), закрути́ти (zakrutýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-coil-en-verb-jm-5PF4Q Disambiguation of 'wind into regular rings': 57 29 7 3 5
  2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center. Translations (wind into loops): գալարել (galarel) (Armenian), намотавам (namotavam) (Bulgarian), oprollen (Dutch), opschieten (Dutch), opwinden (Dutch), keriä (Finnish), vyyhtiä (Finnish), enrolar (Galician), revirichar (Galician), περιελίσσω (perielísso) (Greek), περισπειρώ (perispeiró) (Greek), niko (Maori), pōkuru (Maori), enrolar (Portuguese), нама́тывать (namátyvatʹ) [neuter] (Russian), enrollar (Spanish), rulla ihop (Swedish), намо́тувати (namótuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), намота́ти (namotáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-coil-en-verb-O85uFSFc Disambiguation of 'wind into loops': 16 72 6 2 4
  3. To wind cylindrically or spirally. Translations (to wind cylindrically or spirally): vinde op (Danish), vyyhtiä (Finnish), keriä (Finnish), kiertää rullalle (Finnish), enrolar (Galician), revirichar (Galician), rulla ihop (Swedish), rulla ihop sig [reflexive] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coil-en-verb-BIbbtVGb Disambiguation of 'to wind cylindrically or spirally': 6 5 89 0 0
  4. To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
    Sense id: en-coil-en-verb-Iht8oGBB
  5. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-coil-en-verb-fCuACqw8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coil up
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ignition coil"
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      "word": "inductance coil"
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      "word": "mosquito coil"
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      "word": "Oudin coil"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pedestal coil"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plate number coil"
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      "word": "resistance coil"
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      "word": "Rogowski coil"
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      "word": "Tesla coil"
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      "word": "tickler coil"
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          "sense": "something wound",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "navívka",
          "sense": "something wound",
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          "sense": "something wound",
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          "roman": "luóxiàn",
          "sense": "something wound",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "luóxuán",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "螺旋"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "spirála"
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        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spiraal"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "veer"
        },
        {
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "keerd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "spiraal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "kierukka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "vyyhti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "word": "kela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spirale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wickel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Rolle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Windung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "speíra",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "σπείρα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kouloúra",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κουλούρα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "speírama",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σπείραμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "something wound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spírall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "something wound",
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          "word": "spóla"
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          "word": "cewka"
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          "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chán",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "缠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "sno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "rulle sammen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "oprollen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "opschieten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "opwinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "kiertää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "keriä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "käämiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "enrouler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "embobiner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "enrolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perielísso",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "περιελίσσω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perispeiró",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "περισπειρώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koulouriázo",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "κουλουριάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "pōkai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "niko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "pōkuru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "enrotlar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "enrolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjórtyvatʹ",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "свёртывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "snurra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "word": "sno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výty",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ви́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zavyváty",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "завива́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zavýty",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зави́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zakrúčuvaty",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "закру́чувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 29 7 3 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zakrutýty",
          "sense": "wind into regular rings",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "закрути́ти"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center."
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          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "galarel",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "գալարել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "namotavam",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "намотавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "oprollen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "opschieten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "opwinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "keriä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "vyyhtiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "enrolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "revirichar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perielísso",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "περιελίσσω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perispeiró",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "περισπειρώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "niko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "pōkuru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "enrolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "namátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "нама́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "enrollar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "word": "rulla ihop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "namótuvaty",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "намо́тувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 72 6 2 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "namotáty",
          "sense": "wind into loops",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "намота́ти"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "to coil a rope when not in use",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The snake coiled itself before springing.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To wind cylindrically or spirally."
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "vinde op"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "vyyhtiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "keriä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "kiertää rullalle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "enrolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "revirichar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "word": "rulla ihop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89 0 0",
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          "sense": "to wind cylindrically or spirally",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason\nPleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare"
        }
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        "(obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils."
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      "ipa": "/kɔɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwaɪl/",
      "note": "Appalachians, obsolete"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪl"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/En-us-coil.ogg/En-us-coil.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
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    {
      "form": "coils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "coil (plural coils)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
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          "word": "mortal coil"
        }
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        {
          "text": "a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel\nAnd when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 162",
          "text": "this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil."
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        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
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        [
          "tumult",
          "tumult"
        ],
        [
          "bustle",
          "bustle#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "turmoil",
          "turmoil"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "now obsolete except in phrases",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil."
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rumoer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "noise",
          "word": "meteli"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "thóryvos",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "θόρυβος"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šum",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шум"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sujetá",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "суета́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sumatóxa",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сумато́ха"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópoty",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "хло́поты"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "besporjádok",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "беспоря́док"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hálas",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "га́лас"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "gvalt",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ґвалт"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šum",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шум"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hámir",
          "sense": "noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "га́мір"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɔɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwaɪl/",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-coil.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/En-us-coil.ogg/En-us-coil.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/En-us-coil.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    "coil (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}
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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔɪl/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "alpine coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "audio coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "blowout coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "choking coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "coil gun"
    },
    {
      "word": "coil spring"
    },
    {
      "word": "coil-sprung"
    },
    {
      "word": "coil whine"
    },
    {
      "word": "coil winder"
    },
    {
      "word": "field coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flemish coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "head coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Helmholtz coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "ignition coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "impedance coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "inductance coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "induction coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "load coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "loading coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "mosquito coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oudin coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "pedestal coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "plate number coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "resistance coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rogowski coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ruhmkorff coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "shading coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "spark coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tesla coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "tickler coil"
    },
    {
      "word": "voice coil"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "コイル",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "koiru"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: コイル (koiru)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: コイル (koiru)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "coilen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English coilen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "coillir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French coillir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "to gather, pluck, pick, cull"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cueillir"
      },
      "expansion": "French cueillir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "colligō",
        "t": "to gather together"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin colligō (“to gather together”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "collectus"
      },
      "expansion": "collectus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "com-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "together"
      },
      "expansion": "com- (“together”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "legō",
        "t": "to gather"
      },
      "expansion": "legō (“to gather”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cull"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cull",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.",
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    {
      "form": "coils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "the sinuous coils of a snake",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral."
      ],
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          "wound"
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          "helix"
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          "spiral",
          "spiral"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 293",
          "text": "‘I’m gonna go on the pill and get fitted for a coil. I don’t wanna be pregnant. Ever. Again!’",
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        }
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        "Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped."
      ],
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          "intrauterine device",
          "intrauterine device"
        ],
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          "IUD",
          "IUD"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Electronics"
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        "A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow."
      ],
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        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "conductive",
          "conductive"
        ],
        [
          "wire",
          "wire"
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        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
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        "(electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "inductor"
        }
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        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cylinder of clay."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Entanglement; perplexity."
      ],
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        "(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
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      "note": "Appalachians, obsolete"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "milaff",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِلَفّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wašīʕa",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَشِيعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "galar",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "գալար"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "namótka",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "намо́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "navívka",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нави́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "螺線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luóxiàn",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "螺线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luóxuán",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "螺旋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "spirála"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spiraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veer"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "keerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "spiraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "kierukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "vyyhti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "kela"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spirale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wickel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Windung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "speíra",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σπείρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kouloúra",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κουλούρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "speírama",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σπείραμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spírall"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verri"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spirale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toguro",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "とぐろ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kajō",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "渦状"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rasen",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "螺旋"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritulis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "námotka",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на́мотка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "pōkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "pōkai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "zwój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spirálʹ",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спира́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolʹcó",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кольцо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vitók",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вито́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lùb"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hélice"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spiral"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rulle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "word": "makara"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kotók",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кото́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kotúška",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коту́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spirálʹ",
      "sense": "something wound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спіра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wašīʕa",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَشِيعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "koč",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "կոճ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bobína",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боби́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "線圈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànquān",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "线圈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cívka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spoel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "bobeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "pool"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "mähis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "käämi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "kela"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bobine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spule"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pinío",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πηνίο"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spóla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koiru",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "コイル"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "boobiin",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "បូប៊ីន"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cewka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "katúška",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кату́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bobína",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боби́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špúlʹka",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпу́лька"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuljava"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bobinado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spole"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "kidkid"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "bobin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kotúška",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коту́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kotók",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кото́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor",
      "word": "cuộn cảm"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "coil",
    "coil (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "coil"
}

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          "text": "a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason\nPleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare"
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      "sense": "wind into regular rings",
      "word": "գալարել"
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      "word": "缠"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "enrolar"
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      "word": "περιελίσσω"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "κουλουριάζω"
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      "word": "pōkai"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "word": "enrotlar"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wind into regular rings",
      "word": "enrolar"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "свёртывать"
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      "code": "sv",
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        "imperfective"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "enrolar"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "vinde op"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kiertää rullalle"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "rulla ihop sig"
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    "coil",
    "coil (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}

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          "text": "a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel\nAnd when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "noise",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rumoer"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "noise",
      "word": "meteli"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "noise",
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      "word": "суета́"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlópoty",
      "sense": "noise",
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      "word": "хло́поты"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "besporjádok",
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      "word": "беспоря́док"
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      "roman": "hálas",
      "sense": "noise",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "gvalt",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hámir",
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