"unwind" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈwaɪnd/ Audio: En-au-unwind.ogg [Australia] Forms: unwinds [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnd Etymology: From Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- + wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unwinden}} Middle English unwinden, {{inh|en|ang|unwindan|t=to unwind; unwrap}} Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*andawindaną|t=to unwind}} Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”), {{pre|en|un|wind|id1=reversive|t2=to coil}} un- + wind (“to coil”), {{cog|nl|ontwinden|t=to unwind}} Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} unwind (plural unwinds)
  1. Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-noun-zSEJL5fw Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 14 18 5 14 6 9 7 22 6

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈwaɪnd/ Audio: En-au-unwind.ogg [Australia] Forms: unwinds [present, singular, third-person], unwinding [participle, present], unwound [participle, past], unwound [past]
Rhymes: -aɪnd Etymology: From Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- + wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unwinden}} Middle English unwinden, {{inh|en|ang|unwindan|t=to unwind; unwrap}} Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*andawindaną|t=to unwind}} Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”), {{pre|en|un|wind|id1=reversive|t2=to coil}} un- + wind (“to coil”), {{cog|nl|ontwinden|t=to unwind}} Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”) Head templates: {{en-verb|unwinds|unwinding|unwound}} unwind (third-person singular simple present unwinds, present participle unwinding, simple past and past participle unwound)
  1. (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up) Tags: transitive Synonyms: untwist, untwine
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb--RqXD2jH Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 14 18 5 14 6 9 7 22 6
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (to disentangle): avata (Finnish), démêler (French), entwirren (German), slegare (Italian), desembaraçar (Portuguese), nysta i (Swedish), çözmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-JgvE57bE Disambiguation of 'to disentangle': 2 81 3 1 2 1 1 10
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress Tags: colloquial, intransitive Translations (to relax): rentoutua (Finnish), décompresser (French), esparexer (Galician), abschalten [figuratively] (German), sich entspannen (German), ellazul (Hungarian), espairecer (Portuguese), расслабляться (rasslabljatʹsja) (Russian), relajarse (Spanish), varva ner (Swedish), varva ned (Swedish), gevşemek (Turkish), rahatlamak (Turkish) Translations (to wind off): развивам (razvivam) (Bulgarian), размотавам (razmotavam) (Bulgarian), purkaa (Finnish), dérouler (French), débobiner (French), abwickeln (German), loswickeln (German), abspulen (German), abdocken (textil.) (German), legombolyít (Hungarian), neuchass (Manx), neuhogher (Manx), desenrolar (Portuguese), deșira (Romanian), desenrollar (Spanish), nysta upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-P8OCR~ue Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 14 18 5 14 6 9 7 22 6 Disambiguation of 'to relax': 4 2 84 1 3 4 1 1 Disambiguation of 'to wind off': 13 13 22 8 17 9 9 9
  4. (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be or become unwound): развивам се (razvivam se) (Bulgarian), purkautua (Finnish), se défaire (French), sich abwickeln (German), neuchass (Manx), neuhogher (Manx)
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-EVRTuAXB Disambiguation of 'to be or become unwound': 2 2 13 79 2 1 1 1
  5. (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-w2Qy6dIy Topics: business, finance
  6. (transitive, finance) To undo something. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-A7E5H1~9 Topics: business, finance
  7. (transitive, programming) To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-6-Vcx6lb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 27 1 4 1 10 4 34 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 23 1 5 2 11 5 31 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 14 18 5 14 6 9 7 22 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  8. (transitive, figurative) To unravel or explain. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-unwind-en-verb-Vs4vK1W5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wind

Inflected forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈwaɪnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪnd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-unwind.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/En-au-unwind.ogg/En-au-unwind.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/En-au-unwind.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unwind"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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