unwind

unwind is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
2. transitive verb. To disentangle.
3. intransitive verb. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
4. verb. cause to feel relaxed

   "A hot bath always relaxes me"

   Synonyms: relax, unlax, unstrain

5. verb. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

   "He relaxed in the hot tub"

   "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

   Synonyms: decompress, relax, unbend

6. verb. reverse the winding or twisting of

   "unwind a ball of yarn"

   Synonyms: unroll

7. verb. separate the tangles of

   Synonyms: disentangle

Synonyms

relax, unlax, unstrain, decompress, unbend, unroll, disentangle

Common word forms

unwinds, unwinded, unwinder, unwinding, unwindable

Words from these letters

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