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intercoiling

intercoiling is the present participle and gerund of intercoil.

Meaning of intercoil

Verb

intercoil (third-person singular simple present intercoils, present participle intercoiling, simple past and past participle intercoiled)

  1. To coil together.
    • For a time nothing but eyes, and then he speaks of tentacles streaming out and parting the weed fronds this way and that. Then these things, growing larger, until at last the bottom was hidden by their intercoiling forms, and the tips of tentacles rose darkly here and there into the air above the...1896, H G Wells, The Sea Raiders

Noun

intercoiling (plural intercoilings)

  1. A coiling together.

Forms of intercoiling

pluralintercoilings

Questions about intercoiling

What does intercoiling mean?
Intercoiling means a coiling together.
What is intercoiling the present participle and gerund of?
Intercoiling is the present participle and gerund of intercoil.
What part of speech is intercoiling?
Intercoiling is a noun.
What is the plural of intercoiling?
The plural of intercoiling is intercoilings.

Words near intercoiling in the dictionary

  1. intercohesin
  2. intercohort
  3. intercohortal
  4. intercoil
  5. intercoiled
  6. intercoiling
  7. intercoilings
  8. intercoils
  9. intercollege
  10. intercollegial
  11. intercollegiate

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