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Webster 1913 Edition
Unwind
1.
To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine;
as, to
. unwind
thread; to unwind
a ball of yarn2.
To disentangle.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
Un-wind′
,Verb.
I.
To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unwind
UNWIND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To wind off; to loose or separate what is wound or convolved; as, to unwind thread or a ball.2.
To disentangle.UNWIND
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
unwind
unwind
English
Verb
unwind (third-person singular simple present unwinds, present participle unwinding, simple past and past participle unwound)
- (transitive) To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine
- unwind a ball of yarn
- Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
- (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle
- 1836, Richard Hooker, The Works of Richard Hooker, Volume 4, page 27:
- ... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...
- 1836, Richard Hooker, The Works of Richard Hooker, Volume 4, page 27:
- (intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress
- After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
- (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
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Translations
To wind off
To relax
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