unwind

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: unkind, upwind, unbind, unwin, enwind, unwild, inwind

Antonyms: unkind, upwind, unbind, unwin, enwind, unwild, inwind

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[separate]] (something that is wound up)
2. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To disentangle
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|colloquial}} To relax; to [[chill out]]; to rest and become relieved of stress
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|finance}} To [[close out]] a [[position]], especially a complicated position.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|finance}} To [[undo]] something.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|programming}} To [[navigate]] back through (a [[call stack]]) so as to generate a [[stack trace]] etc.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|programming|compilation}} {{syn of|en|unroll||replace a loop with a sequence}}.
9. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[unravel]] or [[explain]].

Noun

1. Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.