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unwind

/ʌnˈwaɪnd/

noun

Meaning

  • Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.

verb

Meaning

  • To separate (something that is wound up)

    "Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?"

  • To disentangle

  • 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."

  • To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

  • To undo something.

  • To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.

Synonyms

untwine,
untwist