coil
noun
a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
have coiled
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present perfectof coil.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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People have to connect in a different building, and we have coiled 38 miles of cable in a box that creates this physical distance.
From The Verge ● Jul. 2, 2015
We have coiled up our hair and crossed take-out chopsticks in it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The watch have coiled theirselves away somewheres, and I don’t doubt but what they’re snatchin’ a cat-nap—and I haven’t troubled to disturb ’em, sir, for the lookout on the fo’c’s’le is keepin’ his eyes skinned.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
He would have done better by lying still, for in that position the snake could not have coiled around and constricted him.
From The Castaways by Lolbran Pearse
Under the ground some of the caterpillars have coiled themselves up and gone to sleep; others have finished their sleep and have flown out on many-hued wings as butterflies or moths.
From The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes
