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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Unwind

/ən-wīnd'/ · Un·wind · IPA /ʌnˈwaɪnd/
01 v. t. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
  1. 1.
    To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
  2. 2.
    To disentangle.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
  1. 1.
    To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.