Unwind: alternatives and connections

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To unwind or open, as a coil of rope.

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To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.

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To relieve from a strain; to relax.

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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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