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WIND OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wind off mean?
• WIND OFF (verb)
The verb WIND OFF has 1 sense:
1. reverse the winding or twisting of
Familiarity information: WIND OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reverse the winding or twisting of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
unwind a ball of yarn
Hypernyms (to "wind off" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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