unwind
/ʌnˈwaɪnd/ verb B2- To separate (something that is wound up) · to unwind a ball of yarn· Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
- To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved 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 close out a position, especially a complicated position.
- To undo something.
- To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
- Synonym of unroll (“replace a loop with a sequence”).
- To unravel or explain.
He/she/it unwinds · Past unwound · Past participle unwound · -ing form unwinding
Verb forms
- Base form
- unwind
- He/she/it
- unwinds
- Past
- unwound
- Past participle
- unwound
- -ing form
- unwinding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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