[un.wind] vb -wound ; -wind.ing vt (14c) 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 "~ing the labryinth and bringing the hero out --Laurence Sterne" ~ vi 1: to become uncoiled or disentangled: unfold
2: to become released from tension