v.
Pronunciation: - ' w ī nd
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -wound \ - ' wau ̇ nd \ ; -wind · ing
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to cause to uncoil : wind off : UNROLL b : to free from or as if from a binding or wrapping c : to release from tension : RELAX
2 archaic : to trace to the end < unwind ing the labryinth and bringing the hero out ― Laurence Sterne>
3 : to undo (a financial arrangement or position) through the necessary legal or financial steps < unwound most of its natural gas hedges ― N.Y. Times >
intransitive verb
1 : to become uncoiled or disentangled : UNFOLD
2 : to become released from tension <take a bath to unwind >