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Word entry · 6 letters

unwind

Best crossword clue

"Relax after stress"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ʌnˈwaɪnd/Part of speech verbSorted dinnuwStarts with UEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1U2N3W4I5N6D

Definitions

  1. cause to feel relaxed

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • to unwind a ball of yarn
  • Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
  • […]but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them,[…]

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