They hurried to the hayfield below the barn where Matthew was coiling hay.
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Coiling
/ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/
Synonyms for "coiling" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Noun(8 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
Related word relations
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More general
21 entriesactionassemblyassembly partbiopolymerbody repositioncomponentconformationencircling actionformformationforming actionmanipulationmoleculemotionposture changeprocess
Showing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
25 entriesDNA coilDNA coilingautomatic windingcable coilchromatin coilcoil around postcoil windingdefense coilencircle spindlefiber coilinghose coilinductor coilmanual windingpolymer coilingprotein coilingrope coil
Showing 16 of 25 words.
Collocations
15 entriesDNA coilingcoil aroundcoil assemblycoil formationcoiling cablecoiling dynamicscoiling mechanismcoiling of DNAcoiling of ropecoiling processcoiling techniquecoiling wirecopper coilwire coilingwire winding
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"
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