English Dictionary

unwind

/ʌnˈwaɪnd/

verb

(transitive) To separate (something that is wound up) / (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle / (intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress

I like to unwind by reading a book.

意味（1）

(transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)

to unwind a ball of yarn

意味（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To disentangle

[…] but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, […]

意味（3）

(intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress

After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.

意味（6）

(transitive, finance) To undo something.

意味（7）

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

If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.