unwind

(Englisch)

Verb

1. (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
2. (obsolete, transitive) To disentangle
3. (colloquial, intransitive) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
4. (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
5. (transitive) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
6. (transitive) To undo something.
7. (transitive) To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
8. (figuratively, transitive) To unravel or explain.

Noun

Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʌnˈwaɪnd/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: unwinden

Geerbt von Altenglisch: unwindan

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: ontwinden

In summary

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”).

Konzepte

abwickeln

sich entspannen

loswickeln

losschrauben

abdocken

abschalten

sich abwickeln

abspulen

lösen

Synonyme

uncoil

unroll

unreel

unravel

untie

relax

untwist

untangle

loosen up

wind off

decompress

ravel

uncurl

unlax

unstrain

break

loosen

untwine

unbend

unwrap

unbind

undo

slacken

slow down

make relaxed

disentangle

slacken off

turn

unknot

unlade

unload

unpick

unscramble

unscrew

unstring

unwinding

vent

feel at home

slack off

wind down

become loose

reel out

afwikkelen

unleash

break off

come undone

decamp

decipher

decrypt

defuse

Übersetzungen

dérouler

dipanare

ξεκουρδίζω

gevşemek

afwikkelen

ξετυλίγω

relaxar

desenrollar

rahatlamak

afrollen

χαλαρώνω

desenrolar

ξετυλίγομαι

relaxar

srotolare