Past tense of coil
regular verb
The past tense of coil is coiled. The past participle is also coiled.
Forms of coil
| Base form (V1) | coil /kɔɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | coiled /kɔɪld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | coiled /kɔɪld/ |
| Present participle | coiling /ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | coils /kɔɪlz/ |
Coiled in a sentence
- The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
- The snake coiled itself before springing.
- Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets.From the entry disappearance
- The snake was coiled about his ankle.From the entry about
- Suits didn't wear suits any more—they wore Tibetan prayer beads coiled around their wrists.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN. From the entry prayer beads
Meaning of coil
- noun Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- noun Any intrauterine device for contraception (originally coil-shaped).
- noun A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
Questions about the past tense of coil
- What is the past tense of coil?
- The past tense of coil is coiled.
- What is the past participle of coil?
- The past participle of coil is coiled.
- Is coil a regular or irregular verb?
- Coil is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coil (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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