wind off

1. 1.

   reverse the winding or twisting of

   “unwind a ball of yarn”

   Synonymsunwindunroll

   Broadermove

Questions about wind off

What does wind off mean?

wind off means "reverse the winding or twisting of".

What is another word for wind off?

Close synonyms include unwind, unroll. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wind off a common word?

wind off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.