afwinden

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to unwind, to wind off (to remove coils)
  2. (transitive) to crank down (to move something downward by means of a windlass)

Concepts

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑfˌʋɪn.də(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch afwinden. By surface analysis, af + winden.

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