To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
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.
The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
The snake coiled itself before springing.
To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
The pattern or motion of something that coils.
The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.