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WIND OFF

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wind off mean? 

WIND OFF (verb)
  The verb WIND OFF has 1 sense:

1. reverse the winding or twisting ofplay

  Familiarity information: WIND OFF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WIND OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reverse the winding or twisting of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unroll; unwind; wind off

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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