unwindv.¹

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwʌɪnd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈwaɪnd/

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a. Compare Old English (rare) unwindan, onwindan, = (Middle) Dutch ontwinden, Old Saxon antwindan, Old High German intwindanMiddle High German entwinden, German entwinden), to untwist, disentangle.

a. transitive. To wind off, move back, or detach (a wrapping, covering, bandage, etc.); to undo the folds or convolutions of (thread, tape, or the like); to untwine, untwist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)]

unwindc1325

unwralla1387

unreel1567

uncoil1713

wind1767

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > unwrap > remove (a wrapping)

unwindc1325

c1325 Lai le Freine 189 Therto he yede and it [sc. a furred skin] vnwond, And the..child therin he fond.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 368 On-wyndyn, or on-twynyn.., detorqueo.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 43 b/2 To wind, and agayne vnwinde the same [bandages].

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 101 Noble Lord stand for your owne, Vnwinde your bloody flagge.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Rr4^v Skaynes or Bottomes of thread..bee vnwinded at large, when they come to be vsed.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 282 Engendering Heats these one by one unbind, Stretch their small Tubes, and hamper'd Nerves unwind.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 55 The pod [i.e. cocoon] could not be easily unwinded.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. lvii. 126 She did unwind Her veil.

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 93 The fair visitant at last unwound Her gentle limbs, and left the youth asleep.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxix. 284 ‘Pooh! pooh!’ said Mr. Folair, unwinding his comforter.

reflexive.1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling 10 As soon as the Pike takes the Bait,..the Line unwinds itself off the Trimmer.1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 109 A skein of fine silk..unwinding itself as it descended.

b. figurative and in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]

arecchec885

unloukOE

overrunOE

sutelec1000

trahtnec1000

unfolda1050

belayc1175

openc1175

onopena1200

accountc1300

undo?a1366

remenea1382

interpret1382

unwrap1387

exploitc1390

enlumine1393

declarec1400

expoundc1400

unplait?c1400

enperc1420

planea1425

clearc1440

exponec1440

to lay outc1440

to give (also carry) lightc1449

unwind1482

expose1483

reducea1500

manifest1530

explicate1531

explaina1535

unlock?1536

dilucidate1538

elucidate1538

illustrate1538

rechec1540

explicate1543

illucidate1545

enucleate1548

unsnarl1555

commonstrate1563

to lay forth1577

straighten1577

unbroid1577

untwist1577

decipherc1586

illuminate1586

enlighten1587

resolvec1592

cipher1594

eliquidate1596

to take (a person) with one1599

rivelc1600

ravel1604

unbowel1606

unmist1611

extricate1614

unbolta1616

untanglea1616

enode1623

unperplexa1631

perspicuate1634

explata1637

unravel1637

esclarea1639

clarify1642

unweave1642

detenebrate1646

dismystery1652

undecipher1654

unfork1654

unparadox1654

reflect1655

enodate1656

unmysterya1661

liquidatea1670

recognize1676

to clear upa1691

to throw sidelight on1726

to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731

eclaircise1754

irradiate1864

unbraid1880

predigest1905

to get (something) straight1920

disambiguate1960

demystify1963

1482 W. Caxton Higden's Polychron. 5 b My wytte is full lytil to vnwynde the wrappynges of so wonderful werkes.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclx^v In this boke be many priuy thinges wimpled & folde, vnneth shul leude men y^e plites vnwinde.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xx. sig. Bb7^v That it should haue neded a stronger vertue then his, to haue vnwound so deeply an entred vice.

a1613 T. Overbury tr. Ovid Remedy of Loue (1620) sig. A4 I meane not to blot out what I haue taught, Nor to vnwinde the web that I haue wrought.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 51 As you vnwinde her loue from him; Least it should rauell.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 13 Thou me unwind that knotty snarled clue.

1669 J. Glanvill Catholick Charity 52 He..hath many prejudices..; and these are not to be torn off all at once, but softly, and by degrees to be unwound.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxx, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 52 And she unwound the woven imagery Of second childhood's swaddling bands.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 215 Unwinding the endless tapestry of time.

1908 S. E. White Riverman xlvi There's an awful lot of red-tape to unwind, as there always is in such cases.

reflexive.1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. iii. sig. P5^v Here his harsh thoughts unwound Themselves in pleasure.absolute.1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 1 If my new thoughts have added to your bottom, I know you will un~winde gently for feare of ravelling.

c. To cause to uncoil; to free from a coiled state.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > straightness > make straight [verb (transitive)]

unfoldc890

evenOE

rightc1275

rectifyc1475

straight1530

unbow1538

straighten1542

unarch1598

uncrisp1598

uncurl1598

undouble1611

untuck1611

unwind1614

bendc1616

unbend1663

unwarp1670

evolve1689

unwrap1859

unkink1891

dekink1957

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)] > cause to uncoil

unwind1614

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 53 These Wormes they vnwinde with a Pinne and come out daintily.

1638 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione (new ed.) Author to Bk. 48 Nor beg those niggards' eyes, who grudge to see A watch unwinded in perusing thee.

1810 Encycl. Brit. XX. 532/1 It is indeed difficult to determine the exact extent of the spiral vessels.., for it is by unwinding them alone that they can be known.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 641/2 At this instant the spring..is now unwound again.

figurative.1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (3rd impr.) sig. C4 His imagination..keeps his minde in a continuall motion, as the poise the clocke: he windes vp his thoughts often, and as often vn-windes them.

d. figurative. To relieve from tension or anxiety, to cause to relax. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [verb (transitive)] > relax (the mind, etc.)

relaschc1586

unbend1591

slacken1642

unwind1958

1958 B. Malamud in Partisan Rev. Spring 180 He managed to unwind himself and relax.

1975 ‘W. Haggard’ Scorpion's Tail ix. 131 They sat down..the almost neat whisky unwound her.

a. To roll, twist, or turn back the wrapping, bandaging, or covering of (a body, etc.); to unwrap. Also, to untwine thread from (a bobbin); to free (a person) from bonds, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement

unbindc950

to let freec1000

aletOE

to let out1154

loosea1225

slakec1374

loosen1382

to let goc1384

releasec1384

unloosec1400

unlockc1410

dissolvec1420

relievec1450

unloosen?a1475

to set at liberty1509

enlargea1513

to let at large1525

to let loose1530

to turn loose?1566

enfranchise1569

to turn up1573

enfranch1581

unkennel1589

unwind1596

to cast loosec1600

disimmure1611

disimprison1611

unhamper1620

to let abroad1633

unfold1633

disencloister1652

disencage1654

discagea1657

disincarcerate1665

eliminate1745

unspherea1806

unmew1818

unbottle1821

uncage1837

unbag1854

bust1921

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > unwrap

unwrapc1386

unswathea1400

unfold1553

unswaddle1579

unwind1596

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > wind > in specific way > unwind

reel1530

unwind1882

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff6^v Then turning backe vnto that captiue thrall, Who all this while stood..bound,..He from those bands weend him to haue vnwound .

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 20 b/2 He then vnwyndeth his needle, and openeth the lippes of the wounde.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 8 Can I thus (alas) Rudely vnwinde me from the kinde embrace Of their deere armes.

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 507/2 To unwind a bobbin so that the thread hanging from it is to be longer.

1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 585/1 In he [sc. a doctor] came,..and unwound and wound me again.

figurative and in figurative contexts.1616 B. Jonson Epicœne ii. iv, in Wks. I. 548 I would roule my selfe vp for this day, introth, they should not vnwinde me. 1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride ii. i. 25 The Conquerour is mine; In Chains unseen, I hold him by the Heart, And can unwind, or strain him as I please.

†b. reflexive. To free, disengage, or extricate (oneself) from an entanglement, difficulty, etc. Obsolete.Chiefly employed in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > function without difficulty [verb (reflexive)] > free from difficulties or encumbrances

unwind1561

expedite1627

expede1645

depester1685

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 100 Out of these snares we shall easily vnwinde our selues, if we well consider [etc.].

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. iv. 9 To vnwinde themselues where the snares of glosing speech do lye to intangle them.

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. D4^v Vnwinde thy selfe from out the Labyrinth Of gaping wonder.

1656 W. Montagu tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman 63 Without the thrid that she gave, how could he [sc. Theseus] ever have unwinded himself out of those Mazes?

1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian v. i. 111 You could unwind your self from all these dangers.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 41 The Pythagoreans..taught their Disciples..that they must separate and unwind themselves even from their very Bodies, if they would be good Philosophers.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 412 To unwind ourselves from this intanglement.

a. intransitive. To undergo uncoiling or unwinding; to become free from a convoluted state. Also figurative and transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > cause to relax

unwind1656

de-stress1983

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > become uncoiled or unwound [verb (intransitive)]

uncurl1594

outwind1596

ravel1603

unravel1643

unwind1656

unreel1749

to wind off1760

unwrap1833

uncoil1854

reel1906

1656 T. Watson One Thing Necessary 19 He is like a watch, when he hath been wound up towards heaven, he doth quickly unwinde to earth, and sinne again.

1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 385 Our holy Fervours will be very apt to cool, our good Purposes to slacken and unwind.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 223 Put the Bottoms into clean scalding Water, and..then will they easily unwind.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxxiii. 64 Who loves, raves—'tis youth's frenzy—but the cure Is bitterer still; as charm by charm unwinds Which robed our idols.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 334 Would I might die outright! And slip the coil without waiting it unwind.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 635/1 As the spring unwinds and acts with less power.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. x. 186 She danced with a kind of passionate fierceness,..her round arms wreathing and unwinding.

b. figurative. To obtain relief from tension or anxiety; to relax. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > obtain relief from tension

unwind1938

to wind down1958

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (intransitive)]

loll1377

lollop1745

relent1745

lounge1746

unwind1938

plotz1941

untense1970

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. vii. 276 He was tired... If he'd ever unwound and relaxed, it would have been all over, he couldn't have lifted a finger.

1958 Radio Times 3 Oct. 34/1 (advt.) After interviews Edana finds she can ‘unwind’ with ‘Aspro’ and a cup of tea.

1982 M. Russell Rainblast iii. 14 He loved the solitude.. Helped him unwind.

4. transitive. To open up, to trace or retrace to an issue, outlet, or end. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > guide, lead, or show one the way > specifically of a clue, light, or sound

to beat out1672

twinkle1690

lead1697

unwind1716

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 26 Still the wandring Passes forc'd his Stay, Till Ariadne's Clue unwinds the Way.

1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 9 How shall the blessed Day of our Discharge Unwind, at once, the Labyrinths of Fate?

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 58 The fifth act..terminates in unwinding the labyrinth and bringing the hero.. to a state of rest.

1864 W. C. Bryant Little People 213 A cloud of twittering swallows..turn and wheel again, Unwinding their swift track.

figurative.1821 W. C. Bryant Ages viii He whose eye Unwinds the eternal dances of the sky.

Derivatives

unˈwinding n. also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [noun]

unwinding1648

backing-off1839

uncoiling1839

society > leisure > [noun] > relaxation

relaxation1548

unbending1552

relax1597

decompression1951

unwinding1977

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een ontdraeyinge,..an Vnwinding.

1708 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (1727) 161 The dull unwinding of Life's tedious Thread.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 182 The solution of all knots, and unwinding of all intricacies.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 515 The balance, having now all the velocity it would acquire from the unwinding the spring.

1866 A. I. Ritchie Village on Cliff xiv The whole thing seemed running through her head like the unwinding of a skein.

1889 C. Sleeman Torpedoes (ed. 2) 235 The torpedo is launched, and the engine started which is to work the unwinding reels or drums.

1895 Model Steam Engine 23 The unwinding of a reel of cotton.

1933 H. G. Wells Bulpington of Blup ix. 398 He began..to play with himself that tedious parlour game known as ‘unwinding’.

1971 D. Clark Sick to Death ii. 23 The unwinding part of the day when most people like to take their ease.

1977 A. Morice Scared to Death xiv. 94 There is something anti-climactic about going straight home..when the curtain comes down and it is quite pleasant to indulge in some gentle unwinding.

Draft additions September 2021

transitive. Stock Market. To close (a trading position), especially in a situation where doing so requires multiple transactions.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations

subscribe1618

to take up1655

to sell out1721

to take in1721

to take up1740

pool?1780

capitalize1797

put1814

feed1818

to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819

corner1836

to sell short1852

promote1853

recapitalize1856

refund1857

float1865

water1865

margin1870

unload1870

acquire1877

maintain1881

syndicate1882

scalp1886

pyramid1888

underwrite1889

oversubscribe1891

joint-stock1894

wash1895

write1908

mark1911

split1927

marry1931

stag1935

unwind1958

short1959

preplace1966

unitize1970

bed and breakfast1974

index-link1974

warehouse1977

daisy-chain1979

strip1981

greenmail1984

pull1986

1958 Jrnl. Business 31 15/1 This reaction [sc. withdrawing from the market] is preceded by unwinding his existing long and/or short position.

1991 World Monitor Sept. 14 What will happen to the Nikkei average if computer-using institutional traders ever ‘unwind positions’..and sell trillions of yen worth of stock?

2018 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 Nov. 13 JAB has also unwound its luxury investments by selling shoemaker Jimmy Choo, clothing brand Belstaff, and Swiss brand Bally.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unwind
释义	unwindv.¹ Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwaɪnd/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1a. Compare Old English (rare) unwindan, onwindan, = (Middle) Dutch ontwinden, Old Saxon antwindan, Old High German intwindanMiddle High German entwinden, German entwinden), to untwist, disentangle. 1. a. transitive. To wind off, move back, or detach (a wrapping, covering, bandage, etc.); to undo the folds or convolutions of (thread, tape, or the like); to untwine, untwist. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)] unwindc1325 unwralla1387 unreel1567 uncoil1713 wind1767 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > unwrap > remove (a wrapping) unwindc1325 c1325 Lai le Freine 189 Therto he yede and it [sc. a furred skin] vnwond, And the..child therin he fond. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 368 On-wyndyn, or on-twynyn.., detorqueo. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 43 b/2 To wind, and agayne vnwinde the same [bandages]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 101 Noble Lord stand for your owne, Vnwinde your bloody flagge. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Rr4^v Skaynes or Bottomes of thread..bee vnwinded at large, when they come to be vsed. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 282 Engendering Heats these one by one unbind, Stretch their small Tubes, and hamper'd Nerves unwind. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 55 The pod [i.e. cocoon] could not be easily unwinded. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. lvii. 126 She did unwind Her veil. 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 93 The fair visitant at last unwound Her gentle limbs, and left the youth asleep. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxix. 284 ‘Pooh! pooh!’ said Mr. Folair, unwinding his comforter. reflexive.1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling 10 As soon as the Pike takes the Bait,..the Line unwinds itself off the Trimmer.1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 109 A skein of fine silk..unwinding itself as it descended. b. figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 1482 W. Caxton Higden's Polychron. 5 b My wytte is full lytil to vnwynde the wrappynges of so wonderful werkes. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclx^v In this boke be many priuy thinges wimpled & folde, vnneth shul leude men y^e plites vnwinde. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xx. sig. Bb7^v That it should haue neded a stronger vertue then his, to haue vnwound so deeply an entred vice. a1613 T. Overbury tr. Ovid Remedy of Loue (1620) sig. A4 I meane not to blot out what I haue taught, Nor to vnwinde the web that I haue wrought. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 51 As you vnwinde her loue from him; Least it should rauell. View more context for this quotation a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 13 Thou me unwind that knotty snarled clue. 1669 J. Glanvill Catholick Charity 52 He..hath many prejudices..; and these are not to be torn off all at once, but softly, and by degrees to be unwound. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxx, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 52 And she unwound the woven imagery Of second childhood's swaddling bands. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 215 Unwinding the endless tapestry of time. 1908 S. E. White Riverman xlvi There's an awful lot of red-tape to unwind, as there always is in such cases. reflexive.1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. iii. sig. P5^v Here his harsh thoughts unwound Themselves in pleasure.absolute.1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 1 If my new thoughts have added to your bottom, I know you will un~winde gently for feare of ravelling. c. To cause to uncoil; to free from a coiled state. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > make straight [verb (transitive)] unfoldc890 evenOE rightc1275 rectifyc1475 straight1530 unbow1538 straighten1542 unarch1598 uncrisp1598 uncurl1598 undouble1611 untuck1611 unwind1614 bendc1616 unbend1663 unwarp1670 evolve1689 unwrap1859 unkink1891 dekink1957 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > uncoil or unwind [verb (transitive)] > cause to uncoil unwind1614 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 53 These Wormes they vnwinde with a Pinne and come out daintily. 1638 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione (new ed.) Author to Bk. 48 Nor beg those niggards' eyes, who grudge to see A watch unwinded in perusing thee. 1810 Encycl. Brit. XX. 532/1 It is indeed difficult to determine the exact extent of the spiral vessels.., for it is by unwinding them alone that they can be known. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 641/2 At this instant the spring..is now unwound again. figurative.1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (3rd impr.) sig. C4 His imagination..keeps his minde in a continuall motion, as the poise the clocke: he windes vp his thoughts often, and as often vn-windes them. d. figurative. To relieve from tension or anxiety, to cause to relax. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (transitive)] > relax (the mind, etc.) relaschc1586 unbend1591 slacken1642 unwind1958 1958 B. Malamud in Partisan Rev. Spring 180 He managed to unwind himself and relax. 1975 ‘W. Haggard’ Scorpion's Tail ix. 131 They sat down..the almost neat whisky unwound her. 2. a. To roll, twist, or turn back the wrapping, bandaging, or covering of (a body, etc.); to unwrap. Also, to untwine thread from (a bobbin); to free (a person) from bonds, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > unwrap unwrapc1386 unswathea1400 unfold1553 unswaddle1579 unwind1596 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > wind > in specific way > unwind reel1530 unwind1882 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff6^v Then turning backe vnto that captiue thrall, Who all this while stood..bound,..He from those bands weend him to haue vnwound . View more context for this quotation 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 20 b/2 He then vnwyndeth his needle, and openeth the lippes of the wounde. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 8 Can I thus (alas) Rudely vnwinde me from the kinde embrace Of their deere armes. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 507/2 To unwind a bobbin so that the thread hanging from it is to be longer. 1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 585/1 In he [sc. a doctor] came,..and unwound and wound me again. figurative and in figurative contexts.1616 B. Jonson Epicœne ii. iv, in Wks. I. 548 I would roule my selfe vp for this day, introth, they should not vnwinde me. View more context for this quotation1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride ii. i. 25 The Conquerour is mine; In Chains unseen, I hold him by the Heart, And can unwind, or strain him as I please. †b. reflexive. To free, disengage, or extricate (oneself) from an entanglement, difficulty, etc. Obsolete.Chiefly employed in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > function without difficulty [verb (reflexive)] > free from difficulties or encumbrances unwind1561 expedite1627 expede1645 depester1685 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 100 Out of these snares we shall easily vnwinde our selues, if we well consider [etc.]. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. iv. 9 To vnwinde themselues where the snares of glosing speech do lye to intangle them. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. D4^v Vnwinde thy selfe from out the Labyrinth Of gaping wonder. 1656 W. Montagu tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman 63 Without the thrid that she gave, how could he [sc. Theseus] ever have unwinded himself out of those Mazes? 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian v. i. 111 You could unwind your self from all these dangers. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 41 The Pythagoreans..taught their Disciples..that they must separate and unwind themselves even from their very Bodies, if they would be good Philosophers. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 412 To unwind ourselves from this intanglement. 3. a. intransitive. To undergo uncoiling or unwinding; to become free from a convoluted state. Also figurative and transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > cause to relax unwind1656 de-stress1983 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > become uncoiled or unwound [verb (intransitive)] uncurl1594 outwind1596 ravel1603 unravel1643 unwind1656 unreel1749 to wind off1760 unwrap1833 uncoil1854 reel1906 1656 T. Watson One Thing Necessary 19 He is like a watch, when he hath been wound up towards heaven, he doth quickly unwinde to earth, and sinne again. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 385 Our holy Fervours will be very apt to cool, our good Purposes to slacken and unwind. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 223 Put the Bottoms into clean scalding Water, and..then will they easily unwind. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxxiii. 64 Who loves, raves—'tis youth's frenzy—but the cure Is bitterer still; as charm by charm unwinds Which robed our idols. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 334 Would I might die outright! And slip the coil without waiting it unwind. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 635/1 As the spring unwinds and acts with less power. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. x. 186 She danced with a kind of passionate fierceness,..her round arms wreathing and unwinding. b. figurative. To obtain relief from tension or anxiety; to relax. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > obtain relief from tension unwind1938 to wind down1958 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (intransitive)] loll1377 lollop1745 relent1745 lounge1746 unwind1938 plotz1941 untense1970 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. vii. 276 He was tired... If he'd ever unwound and relaxed, it would have been all over, he couldn't have lifted a finger. 1958 Radio Times 3 Oct. 34/1 (advt.) After interviews Edana finds she can ‘unwind’ with ‘Aspro’ and a cup of tea. 1982 M. Russell Rainblast iii. 14 He loved the solitude.. Helped him unwind. 4. transitive. To open up, to trace or retrace to an issue, outlet, or end. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > guide, lead, or show one the way > specifically of a clue, light, or sound to beat out1672 twinkle1690 lead1697 unwind1716 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 26 Still the wandring Passes forc'd his Stay, Till Ariadne's Clue unwinds the Way. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 9 How shall the blessed Day of our Discharge Unwind, at once, the Labyrinths of Fate? 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 58 The fifth act..terminates in unwinding the labyrinth and bringing the hero.. to a state of rest. 1864 W. C. Bryant Little People 213 A cloud of twittering swallows..turn and wheel again, Unwinding their swift track. figurative.1821 W. C. Bryant Ages viii He whose eye Unwinds the eternal dances of the sky. Derivatives unˈwinding n. also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [noun] unwinding1648 backing-off1839 uncoiling1839 society > leisure > [noun] > relaxation relaxation1548 unbending1552 relax1597 decompression1951 unwinding1977 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een ontdraeyinge,..an Vnwinding. 1708 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (1727) 161 The dull unwinding of Life's tedious Thread. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xi. 182 The solution of all knots, and unwinding of all intricacies. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 515 The balance, having now all the velocity it would acquire from the unwinding the spring. 1866 A. I. Ritchie Village on Cliff xiv The whole thing seemed running through her head like the unwinding of a skein. 1889 C. Sleeman Torpedoes (ed. 2) 235 The torpedo is launched, and the engine started which is to work the unwinding reels or drums. 1895 Model Steam Engine 23 The unwinding of a reel of cotton. 1933 H. G. Wells Bulpington of Blup ix. 398 He began..to play with himself that tedious parlour game known as ‘unwinding’. 1971 D. Clark Sick to Death ii. 23 The unwinding part of the day when most people like to take their ease. 1977 A. Morice Scared to Death xiv. 94 There is something anti-climactic about going straight home..when the curtain comes down and it is quite pleasant to indulge in some gentle unwinding. Draft additions September 2021 transitive. Stock Market. To close (a trading position), especially in a situation where doing so requires multiple transactions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations subscribe1618 to take up1655 to sell out1721 to take in1721 to take up1740 pool?1780 capitalize1797 put1814 feed1818 to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819 corner1836 to sell short1852 promote1853 recapitalize1856 refund1857 float1865 water1865 margin1870 unload1870 acquire1877 maintain1881 syndicate1882 scalp1886 pyramid1888 underwrite1889 oversubscribe1891 joint-stock1894 wash1895 write1908 mark1911 split1927 marry1931 stag1935 unwind1958 short1959 preplace1966 unitize1970 bed and breakfast1974 index-link1974 warehouse1977 daisy-chain1979 strip1981 greenmail1984 pull1986 1958 Jrnl. Business 31 15/1 This reaction [sc. withdrawing from the market] is preceded by unwinding his existing long and/or short position. 1991 World Monitor Sept. 14 What will happen to the Nikkei average if computer-using institutional traders ever ‘unwind positions’..and sell trillions of yen worth of stock? 2018 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 Nov. 13 JAB has also unwound its luxury investments by selling shoemaker Jimmy Choo, clothing brand Belstaff, and Swiss brand Bally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unwindv.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪnd/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1b + wind n.¹ transitive. To deprive (a person) of wind or breath. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > make short of breath breathec1425 overbreathe1586 outwind1708 unwind1788 wind1811 pump1858 puff1909 1788 London Mag. 264 Here, as well as at the pit of the stomach you may unwind him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.¹c1325v.²1788
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