verb (unwound; -winding)
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to cause to uncoil ; wind off ; unroll , to free from or as if from a binding or wrapping, to release from tension ; relax , to trace to the end , to undo (a financial arrangement or position) through the necessary legal or financial steps , intransitive verb to become uncoiled or disentangled ; unfold , to become released from tension