"coil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɔɪl/ Audio: en-us-coil.ogg [US] Forms: coil [singular], coils [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A coil is a long object in circular piles "wound continuously round one point".
    Sense id: simple-coil-en-noun-u8xIOLWg

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɔɪl/ Audio: en-us-coil.ogg [US] Forms: coil [canonical], coils [third-person, singular], coiled [past], coiled [past, participle], coiling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you coil something, you wind it cylindrically or spirally around a common center.
    Sense id: simple-coil-en-verb-5xs40qhy
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