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Unwind   /ənwˈaɪnd/   Listen
verb
Unwind  v. t.  (past & past part. unwound; pres. part. unwinding)  
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.)


Unwind  v. i.  (past & past part. unwound; pres. part. unwinding)  To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.





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"Unwind" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Make him unwind, and then, if he wants to return to active life and take a hand in politics, he may find some honest way of doing so. He'll never make a Saint Vincent de Paul,—though the saint was at the galleys ...
— The Deputy of Arcis • Honore de Balzac
... could throw out the clutch and turn the shaft backwards enough to unwind the line!" ...
— Boy Scouts in the North Sea - The Mystery of a Sub • G. Harvey Ralphson
... curved combs, she let the whole wealth of her tresses unwind and fall. Her hair dropped below her knees in a glorious mass of colour like that of a brown autumn leaf with the sun just glistening on it. She caught it up in one hand and knotted it all again at the back of her head in ...
— The Treasure of Heaven - A Romance of Riches • Marie Corelli
... feet every now and again out of a little copper bowl, and mutters something. He is so much absorbed in what he is doing that he never looks up or turns his head. Another, close by, has hung his gaily-coloured turban on a post and proceeds to unwind his garment and cast it from him before he steps into the water with hardly a rag upon him. This lady in an orange scarf, dripping wet, seats herself on the end of the board, and winds a dry scarf round herself so adroitly that ...
— Round the Wonderful World • G. E. Mitton
... be prepared so they can be used in making tidies, or anything that must be washed. The best crewels are not twisted, and will wash; still, as you are never sure of getting the best, it is well to unwind your skeins, pour scalding water on the wools, and rinse them well in it, squeeze out the water, shake the wools thoroughly, and hang them up. When dry, cut the skein across where it is tied double, and with a bodkin and string, or ...
— Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


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