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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
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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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