Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unwind
Participle: unwound
Gerund: unwinding
Indicative
Present
| I | unwind |
| you | unwind |
| he;she;it | unwinds |
| we | unwind |
| you | unwind |
| they | unwind |
Perfect
| I | have unwound |
| you | have unwound |
| he;she;it | has unwound |
| we | have unwound |
| you | have unwound |
| they | have unwound |
Past
| I | unwound |
| you | unwound |
| he;she;it | unwound |
| we | unwound |
| you | unwound |
| they | unwound |
Pluperfect
| I | had unwound |
| you | had unwound |
| he;she;it | had unwound |
| we | had unwound |
| you | had unwound |
| they | had unwound |
Future
| I | will unwind |
| you | will unwind |
| he;she;it | will unwind |
| we | will unwind |
| you | will unwind |
| they | will unwind |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unwound |
| you | will have unwound |
| he;she;it | will have unwound |
| we | will have unwound |
| you | will have unwound |
| they | will have unwound |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unwind |
| you | unwind |
| he;she;it | unwind |
| we | unwind |
| you | unwind |
| they | unwind |
Perfect
| I | have unwound |
| you | have unwound |
| he;she;it | have unwound |
| we | have unwound |
| you | have unwound |
| they | have unwound |
Imperfect
| I | unwound |
| you | unwound |
| he;she;it | unwound |
| we | unwound |
| you | unwound |
| they | unwound |
Pluperfect
| I | had unwound |
| you | had unwound |
| he;she;it | had unwound |
| we | had unwound |
| you | had unwound |
| they | had unwound |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unwind |
| you | would unwind |
| he;she;it | would unwind |
| we | would unwind |
| you | would unwind |
| they | would unwind |
Perfect
| I | would have unwound |
| you | would have unwound |
| he;she;it | would have unwound |
| we | would have unwound |
| you | would have unwound |
| they | would have unwound |
Imperative
| you | unwind |
| we | Let's unwind |
| you | unwind |
Verbs conjugated like 'unwind'
bind,
fight,
find,
grind,
overwind,
rebind,
regrind,
unwind,
wind,
atwind,
autowind,
befight,
befind,
bewind,
copyfight,
cryogrind,
debind,
dogfight,
fault-find,
faultfind, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unwind'
enwind,
inwind,
unbind,
unmind,
unwild,
upwind,
atwind,
bewind,
enmind,
inbind,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, "to undo" (a bandage, wrapping, etc.), from un- (2) + wrap (v.). Cf. O.E.
unwindan, Du.
ontwinden, O.H.G.
intwindan. Refl. sense is recorded from 1740; fig. sense of "to release oneself from tensions, to relax" is recorded from 1938.
2. 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”). See: Old English '
unwindan', Dutch '
ontwinden'.
Sample Sentences
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to unwind a ball of yarn
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Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?
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[…]but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them,[…] [1836, Richard Hooker, The Works of Richard Hooker, volume 4, page 27:]
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After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
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If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression. [2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming, volume 5, page 62:]