[koil] 
| 1. | to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil. |
| 2. | to wind on a flat surface into rings one around the other: He coiled the rope on the deck. |
| 3. | to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops: She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook. |
| 4. | to form rings, spirals, etc.; gather or retract in a circular way: The snake coiled, ready to strike. |
| 5. | to move in or follow a winding course: The river coiled through the valley. |
| 6. | a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound. |
| 7. | a single such ring. |
| 8. | an arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator. |
| 9. | a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends. |
| 10. | Medicine/Medical. an intrauterine device. |
| 11. | Electricity.
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| 12. | Philately.
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