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# uncoil

«uncoil» in Mova's school dictionary: **To unwind or straighten something that was wound into…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (uncoil, uncoils, uncoiled, uncoiling)

### meaning for a pupil

To unwind or straighten something that was wound into rings, like a rope, a hose or a snake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature, snakes coil up to rest and uncoil to move or strike. In the Just So Story «The Elephant's Child», the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake uncoils himself from the rock to help the Elephant's Child pull away from the Crocodile. On boats, sailors uncoil ropes.

### examples

- The snake slowly uncoiled itself from the branch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x1)
- Uncoil the hose before you water the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x2)
- The Rock-Snake uncoiled himself and knotted his tail round a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x3)
- The sailor uncoiled the rope and threw it to the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x4)
- The spring uncoiled with a twang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x5)
- She uncoiled from the sofa and stretched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x6)
- As dawn broke, the Worm uncoiled its snaky twine from around the hill, and came to its rock in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/#x7)

### note

Prefix un- = undo: coil (wind into rings) — uncoil (unwind). Past uncoiled.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uncoil» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncoil/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.