unwind

unwind

unwind (third-person singular simple present unwinds, present participle unwinding, simple past and past participle unwound)

1. (transitive) To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn

   Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?

2. (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle
   • 1836, Richard Hooker, The Works of Richard Hooker, Volume 4, page 27:

     ... but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, ...

3. (intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress

   After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.

4. (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

dipanare

disfare

rilassarsi

sdipanare

srotolare

svolgere

Altri significati:

(transitive, obsolete) To disentangle

(intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress

(transitive) To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn

To relax

To disentangle

(intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

To be or become unwound

To wind off

Traduzione 'veloce'

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