Unwind

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  • intransitive verb. To reverse the winding or twisting of.
  • intransitive verb. To separate the tangled parts of; disentangle.
  • intransitive verb. To free (someone) of nervous tension or pent-up energy.
  • intransitive verb. To become unwound.
  • intransitive verb. To become free of nervous tension; relax.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wind off; loose or separate, as what is wound or convolved; set free or loose: as, to unwind thread or a ball.
  • To disentangle; free from entanglement.
  • To admit of being unwound; become unwound: as, a skein that unwinds easily.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
  • transitive verb. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine.
  • transitive verb. To disentangle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn
  • verb. To disentangle
  • verb. To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress
  • verb. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
  • verb. cause to feel relaxed
  • verb. reverse the winding or twisting of
  • verb. separate the tangles of
    • Word Usage
    "(I believe the currently preferred Wall Street term is 'unwind' -- as in 'unwind the subprime mortgage mess'.)"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    coil  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    displace  move  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    affined  aligned  assigned  behind  bind  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aramid  blockade-running  bright-hued  characters'  cock-and-bull  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    calm down  clarify  clear up  collect oneself  compose oneself  
    variant
    unwound  
    verb-form
    unwinded  unwinding  unwinds  unwound  
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