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coil up

coil up verb: to make, or become, coiled.

Verb

coil up (third-person singular simple present coils up, present participle coiling up, simple past and past participle coiled up)

  1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) to make, or become, coiled

Forms of coil up

third-person singular presentcoils up
present participlecoiling up
past participlecoiled up
pastcoiled up

Questions about coil up

What does coil up mean?
Coil up means to make, or become, coiled.
What part of speech is coil up?
Coil up is a verb.
What is the past tense of coil up?
The past tense of coil up is coiled up.

Words near coil up in the dictionary

  1. coil
  2. coil gun
  3. coil guns
  4. coil spring
  5. coil springs
  6. coil up
  7. coil whine
  8. coil winder
  9. coil winders
  10. coil-sprung
  11. Coila

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