Definitions for unwind

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unwind un·wind

Spelling: [uhn-wahynd]

IPA: /ʌnˈwaɪnd/

Unwind is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in unwind (dinnuw).

Definitions for unwind

verb (used with object)

1. to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition:
2. to reduce the tension of; relax:
3. to disentangle or disengage; untwist:

verb (used without object)

1. to become unwound.
2. to become relieved of tension; relax:

Origin of unwind

1275-1325; Middle English onwinden; see un-², wind²

Examples for unwind

"Perhaps this will do," he thought, and hurriedly proceeded to unwind it.

When I want to unwind, I just go to bed with a detective story.

The Hakushu 12 was a little peaty and nutty, the kind of dram I want to unwind with after a fine restaurant meal.

He began to unwind his long scarf while she placed a seat for him.

To unwind, Sharp takes long showers, and stops himself from separating his food on his plate as Christopher would.

Her argument, however, does not concern this history, which has too many other threads to unwind.

Then Mukna's head began to droop and droop; and his trunk began to unwind.

We want to have you take us to the North Pole and unwind about six years.

It took me about two years to unwind the tension, so in that time, I almost had to relearn how to sing.

Things got a little real during that scene to the point where, afterward, we were like, “Do you want to get a beer and unwind?”