Unwinding

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo separate (something that is wound up)

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

2.verbTo disentangle

3.verbTo relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress

"After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper."

4.verbTo be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

5.verbTo undo something.

6.verbTo analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.

7.nounThe act by which something is unwound.

8.adjectiveNot winding or meandering; straight, direct.

"the long and unwinding road to recovery"

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