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Rewind vs. Unwind

Rewind and Unwind Definitions

Rewind

To wind again or anew
Rewound the thread on the spool.

Unwind

To reverse the winding or twisting of
Unwind a ball of yarn.

Rewind

To reverse the winding of (audiotape, videotape, or film).

Unwind

To separate the tangled parts of; disentangle.

Rewind

To reverse the playing of (an audio or video recording).

Unwind

To free (someone) of nervous tension or pent-up energy.
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Rewind

To rewind an audiotape or other linear recording.

Unwind

(Business) To back off from (a stated policy or financial commitment)
“The US was preparing to unwind its asset purchase programme as the economy picked up” (Elaine Moore).

Rewind

To be rewound
Let the tape rewind to the beginning.

Unwind

To become unwound.

Rewind

To return to an earlier time or stage in a sequence of events.

Unwind

To become free of nervous tension; relax
Liked to unwind with a cocktail before dinner.
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Rewind

The act or process of rewinding or being rewound.

Unwind

(transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
To unwind a ball of yarn
Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?

Rewind

A control mechanism for rewinding tape or film, for example.

Unwind

To disentangle

Rewind

To wind (something) again.

Unwind

To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.
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Rewind

To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape, CD, DVD etc.; to go back on a video or audio recording.

Unwind

(intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

Rewind

(figurative) To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse.

Unwind

To close out a position, especially a complicated position.

Rewind

The act of rewinding.

Unwind

To undo something.

Rewind

A button or other mechanism for rewinding.

Unwind

To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.

Unwind

Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.

Unwind

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.

Unwind

To disentangle.

Unwind

To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

Unwind

Reverse the winding or twisting of;
Unwind a ball of yarn

Unwind

Separate the tangles of

Unwind

Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;
He relaxed in the hot tub
Let's all relax after a hard day's work

Unwind

Cause to feel relaxed;
A hot bath always relaxes me

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