coil, v.
(coiled, coiling, coils)
freq. cnt. 2
(coiled, coiling, coils)
freq. cnt. 2
to wind or move in a spiral course
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
coil gyrate spiral
sample sentences
"the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action""black smoke coiling up into the sky"
"the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
wind around something in coils or loops
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
coil curl loop
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s something PP
They %s the wire around the stick
The wires %s around the stick
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s something PP
They %s the wire around the stick
The wires %s around the stick
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s something PP
They %s the wire around the stick
The wires %s around the stick
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
make without a potter's wheel
<verb.creation>
coil hand-build handbuild
sample sentences
"This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym