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How to pronounce unwind in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend
Type of turn, change state
Has types take it easy, vegetate, vege out, sit back
Type Words
Synonyms loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain
Type of affect
Has types unbend
Type Words
Synonyms unroll, wind off
Type of move, displace


unwind a ball of yarn.
Type Words
Synonyms disentangle
Type of undo
Has types roll out, straighten, uncoil

Examples of unwind

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Should this pessimism begin to unwind, we could see PG enjoy added buying power.
From the forbes.com
For Jawad Rezavi, 26, smoking shisha is the perfect way to unwind in an evening.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mody says yoga provides her an outlet to unwind from the challenges of B-school.
From the businessweek.com
A new Yoga class to help you improve strength and flexibility, relax and unwind.
From the halsteadgazette.co.uk
Unfortunately, the behavioral damage is done and will be very painful to unwind.
From the nbr.co.nz
After a stressful few weeks, being able to sit peacefully and unwind was idyllic.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The end of any day needs to include a pattern that helps kids unwind and relax.
From the ocregister.com
Ultimately it will unwind the social compact that forms the basis of our society.
From the sacbee.com
After three months to unwind and regroup, people wonder what to think now, too.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • Reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
  • Separate the tangles of
  • Relax: 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"
  • Relax: cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
  • Neal Shusterman (born 1962) is a popular and successful American author of Young Adult literature.
  • Unwind is the second major label album from post-grunge band Oleander. The band's second album released on Universal Records, Unwind sold approximately 250,000 copies. The album is noted for displaying both a wider range and softer music than its predecessor. ...
  • Unwind is a 2007 science fiction novel by young adult literature author Neal Shusterman. The novel is set in a future United States in which a war over abortion has led to the common practice of "unwinding" or harvesting the organs of teenagers for transplant use. ...
  • (Unwinding (proof theory)) In proof theory, a branch of mathematical logic, proof mining (or unwinding) is a research program that analyzes formalized proofs, especially in analysis, to obtain explicit bounds or rates of convergence from proofs that, when expressed in natural language, appear to ...
  • To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread, to unwind a ball of yarn; To disentangle; To relax; to chill out; as, to rest and relieve of stress; To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted