unwind

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verb

1. reverse the winding or twisting of (Freq. 1)
- unwind a ball of yarn
• Syn:
wind off, unroll
• Ant:
wind
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. separate the tangles of
• Syn:
disentangle
• Derivationally related forms:
disentanglement (for: disentangle)
• Hypernyms:
undo
• Hyponyms:
roll out, straighten, uncoil
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. 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
• Syn:
relax, loosen up, unbend, decompress, slow down
• Ant:
tense (for: relax)
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxant (for: relax), relaxation (for: relax)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
vege out, vegetate, sit back, take it easy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody's (body part) ----s
4. cause to feel relaxed
- A hot bath always relaxes me
• Syn:
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, make relaxed
• Ant:
strain (for: unstrain), tense (for: relax)
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxant (for: relax), relaxation (for: relax), relaxer (for: relax)
• Hypernyms:
affect
• Hyponyms:
unbend
• Cause:
relax, loosen up, unbend, decompress, slow down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, make relaxed, unbend, decompress, slow down, disentangle, wind off, unroll
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  tense, strain, tense up, wind, wrap, roll, twine