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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unwind  \Un*wind"\,  v.  t.  [AS.  unwindan  See  1st  {Un-},  and 
  {Wind}  to  coil.] 
  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  yarn. 
 
  2.  To  disentangle.  [Obs.]  --Hooker. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Unwind  \Un*wind"\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  or  become  unwound;  to  be  capable  of  being  unwound  or 
  untwisted. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unwind 
  v  1:  reverse  the  winding  or  twisting  of  "unwinda  ball  of  yarn" 
  [syn:  {wind  off},  {unroll}]  [ant:  {wind}] 
  2:  separate  the  tangles  of  [syn:  {disentangle}] 
  3:  become  less  tense;  "He  relaxed  in  the  hot  tub"  [syn:  {relax}, 
  {unlax},  {loosen  up},  {unbend},  {decompress},  {slow  down}] 
  [ant:  {tense}] 
  4:  cause  to  feel  relaxed;  "A  hot  bath  always  relaxes  me"  [syn: 
  {relax},  {unstrain},  {unlax},  {loosen  up},  {make  relaxed}] 
  [ant:  {tense},  {tense}]




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