coil
noun
a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
are coiling
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present progressiveof coil.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Two Guardians have moved forward and are coiling up the thick rope, getting it out of the wav- Others move the cushions.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
But no, it’s ‘haul in the slack;’ he is rising; they are coiling away the line in the tubs.”
From Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land by Savile Lumley
