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Definition: Unwinding |
UnwindingAdjective1. Unwinding from or as if from a reel; "recorded on the unreeling film inside her"; "a long unwinding silk cocoon". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unwinding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Synonym: UnwindingSynonym: unreeling (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: winding off (mechanical engineering, engineering & technology). |
Crosswords: Unwinding |
| English words defined with "unwinding": unreeling ♦ wheel and axle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unwinding": ALODIZE-MACHINE HELPER ♦ BINDING PRINTER ♦ COILER ♦ DNA Helicases ♦ INSPECTOR, BARREL ASSEMBLY ♦ RIBBON WINDER, RIBBON-HANKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, RNA Helicases, roll-up operator, rope-coiling-machine operator, ROPE-LAYING-MACHINE OPERATOR, rope-twisting-machine operator ♦ static marks, STRIPPING CUTTER AND WINDER ♦ typewriter-ribbon winder ♦ WINDER OPERATOR, wire setter. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Excellent, just the thing for unwinding after a rough day at the office (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Unwinding It (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Japan | The greater focus on consolidated results and mark-to-market accounting is already having an impact and is encouraging unwinding of cross-held shares. (references) |
Japan | Japan's famous aversion to M&A activity is starting to fade, accelerated by the unwinding of extensive corporate cross-shareholding brought about by implementation of improved accounting standards. (references) | |
Japan | At the same time, many market observers believe Japanese companies are undergoing a clear trend of unwinding of cross-shareholding, which has accelerated in recent years under the pressure of difficult corporate finances. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unwinding" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 73.81% of the time. "Unwinding" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 73.81% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.43% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aramid unwinding | 10 |
myofascial unwinding | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unwinding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afwikkeling (unrolling). (various references) | |
Chinese | 解开 (Disengaged, Disengaging, unbuckle, Undid, undo, undoing, undone, unfasten, unfastened, unfastening, unhook, Unhooked, unleash, Unlink, unravel, untangle, untangled, untangling, untie, untied, Untighten, untying, unwind, unwound, unwrap, unwrapped). (various references) | |
Danish | optraevling (defibrating, defibration, fiberisation, fiberising, fiberization, fiberizing, pulping), folieafrulning, afrulning. (various references) | |
Dutch | uitpluizen (to fray), afwikkeling (unrolling), afrollen (unwind, wind off, winding off). (various references) | |
Esperanto | malvolvado, malbobenado (unrolling). (various references) | |
Finnish | rullan purkaminen, auki rullaaminen. (various references) | |
French | déroulement, décommettage. (various references) | |
German | entspannend (relaxing, slackening, soothing, unbending, uncocking), abwickelnd (transacting, uncoiling). (various references) | |
Greek | ξετύλιγμα καλωδίων, εκτύλιξη. (various references) | |
Italian | svolgimento (carrying out, discussion, evolution, execution, performance, progress, scene, unrolling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indingunway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dispensador (dispenser, dispensing machine), desenrolador (jug hustler, lathe, let-off gear, let-off unit, roller device, winding-off device). (various references) | |
Russian | разворачивать разворачивание. (various references) | |
Spanish | destrenzado. (various references) | |
Swedish | avrullning. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unwinding" (pronounced unwī"nding) |
| 6 | -w ī" n d i ng | winding. |
| 5 | -ī" n d i ng | binding, blinding, finding, grinding, minding, nonbinding, reminding. |
| 4 | -n d i ng | apprehending, abounding, amending, ascending, astounding, attending, banding, bending, blending, bonding, bounding, branding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, condescending, confounding, contending, corresponding, defending, defunding, demanding, depending, descending, disbanding, ending, expanding, expending, expounding, extending, fending, founding, freestanding, funding, grandstanding, grounding, handing, hounding, impending, intending, landing, lending, longstanding, masterminding, mending, misspending, misunderstanding, notwithstanding, offending, outspending, outstanding, overextending, overfunding, overspending, pending, portending, pounding, pretending, rebounding, recommending, refunding, relending, rending, rescinding, resounding, responding, rounding, sanding, sending, sounding, spellbinding, spending, standing, stranding, surrounding, suspending, tending, transcending, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, upstanding, vending, wending, withstanding, wounding. |
| 3 | -d i ng | applauding, acceding, according, abiding, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bidding, biding, bleeding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, braiding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, building, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, conceding, concluding, confiding, cording, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defrauding, degrading, deluding, denuding, deriding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, exploding, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, feuding, Fielding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, guarding, guiding, handholding, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, impeding, imploding, inbreeding, including, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landholding, lauding, leading, loading, madding, marauding, masquerading, Melding, misleading, misreading, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbuilding, outbidding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overloading, overriding, padding, parading, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, preceding, precluding, presiding, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebuilding, receding, recording, Redding, Reding, regarding, rereading, residing, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, safeguarding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, spearheading, speeding, spreading, stampeding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, threading, tiding, trading, treading, unfolding, unloading, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wielding, Wilding, withholding, Wooding, wording, yielding. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-i-i-n-n-n-u-w" | |
-2 letters: dinning, dunning, dwining, induing, winding, winning. | |
-3 letters: dining, indign, inning, inwind, niding, unwind, wining. | |
-5 letters: ding, dung, guid, nidi, wind, wing. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-i-i-n-n-n-u-w" | |
+2 letters: windburning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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