Example: "A coiled snake ready to strike"
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
Example: "A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart."
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
Example: "The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier."
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
Example: "The snake coiled itself before springing."
To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.