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UNCOILED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncoiled mean?
• UNCOILED (adjective)
The adjective UNCOILED has 1 sense:
1. no longer coiled
Familiarity information: UNCOILED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
No longer coiled
Synonyms:
straight; uncoiled
Similar:
uncurled (not curled)
Antonym:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
Context examples
The parts of chromosomes that, during interphase, are uncoiled dispersed threads and not stained by ordinary dyes; metabolically active, in contrast to the inert heterochromatin.
(Euchromatin, NCI Thesaurus)
He uncoiled his whip.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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