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Unwind

//ʌnˈwaɪnd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.
"The NEWPC argument specifies the address to which control should be returned after the unwind is complete. If it is omitted, its default is for control to return to the PC saved in the call frame next outermost to the unwound ones."

Verb

1
To separate (something that is wound up) transitive
"to unwind a ball of yarn"
2
cause to feel relaxed wordnet
3
To disentangle obsolete, transitive
"[…]but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them,[…]"
4
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease wordnet
5
To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress colloquial, intransitive
"After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper."

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6
reverse the winding or twisting of wordnet
7
To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted. intransitive
8
separate the tangles of wordnet
9
To close out a position, especially a complicated position. transitive
10
To undo something. transitive
11
To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc. transitive
"If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression."
12
Synonym of unroll (“replace a loop with a sequence”). transitive
13
To unravel or explain. figuratively, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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