English
Pronunciation
IPA|/ʌn'waɪnd/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪnd|-aɪnd
Etymology
Anglo Saxon term|unwindan. See 1st term|un-, and term|wind||to coil.
Verb
en-verb|unwinds|unwinding|unwound
#transitive To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
#:Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
#context|transitive|obsolete To disentangle - Hooker
#context|intransitive|slang To relax; to chill out; as, 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.
Translations
trans-top|To wind off
Finnish: purkaa
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German: abwickeln, loswickeln
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trans-top|To disentangle
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trans-top|To relax;
Finnish: rentoutua
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trans-top|To be or become unwound
Finnish: purkautua
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ttbc|Dutch: afwikkelen
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Category:English ergative verbs
Category:English irregular verbs
fa:unwind
fr:unwind
io:unwind
it:unwind
pl:unwind
te:unwind
vi:unwind
uk:unwind
zh:unwind
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