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WIND OFF

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reverse the winding or twisting of

Example:

unwind a ball of yarn

Synonyms:

unroll; unwind; wind off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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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