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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 coiledplay

  Familiarity information: UNCOILED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNCOILED (adjective)


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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