unwind

Plural: unwinds

Verb

Verb Forms: unwound, unwinding, unwinds

To relax after a period of work or tension; to unravel.
reverse the winding or twisting of
- "unwind a ball of yarn"
separate the tangles of
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
cause to feel relaxed
To separate (something that is wound up)
To disentangle
To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
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.
To unravel or explain.

Noun

Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.

Examples

After an intense game of Scrabble, he liked to UNWIND by listening to music.
After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
to unwind a ball of yarn

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

decompress, disentangle, loosen up, make relaxed, relax, slow down, unbend, unlax, unroll, unstrain, wind off, untwine, untwist

Antonyms

strain, tense, wind

Scrabble Score: 10

unwind: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
unwind: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unwind: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

unwind: valid Words With Friends Word