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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNWIND, v.t. pret. and pp. unwound.
1. To wind off; to loose or separate what is wound or convolved; as, to unwind thread or a ball.
2. To disentangle.
UNWIND, v.i. To admit evolution.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" [syn: unwind, wind off, unroll] [ant: roll, twine, wind, wrap]
2: separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle]
3: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up]
4: cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up]

Merriam Webster's

verb (unwound; -winding) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to uncoil ; wind off ; unroll b. to free from or as if from a binding or wrapping c. to release from tension ; relax 2. archaic to trace to the end <unwinding the labryinth and bringing the hero out — Laurence Sterne> 3. to undo (a financial arrangement or position) through the necessary legal or financial steps <unwound most of its natural gas hedges — New York Times> intransitive verb 1. to become uncoiled or disentangled ; unfold 2. to become released from tension <take a bath to unwind>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (past and past part. unwound) 1 a tr. draw out (a thing that has been wound). b intr. become drawn out after having been wound. 2 intr. & tr. colloq. relax.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unwind Un*wind", v. i. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unwinds, unwinding, unwound) 1. When you unwind, you relax after you have done something that makes you tense or tired. It helps them to unwind after a busy day at work... VERB: V 2. If you unwind a length of something that is wrapped round something else or round itself, you loosen it and make it straight. You can also say that it unwinds. One of them unwound a length of rope from around his waist... The thread unwound a little more. VERB: V n, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Wind off. 2. Disentangle.

Moby Thesaurus

calm down, clarify, clear up, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool it, cool off, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, ease, ease off, ease up, get organized, let down, let up, let up on, loosen up, ravel, relax, simmer down, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow down, sober down, sort out, take it easy, unbend, unbraid, unclutter, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unknot, unlax, unmix, unravel, unreel, unroll, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, unthread, untwine, untwist, unweave