UNWINDING

Verb

unwinding

present participle of unwind

Noun

unwinding (plural unwindings)

The act by which something is unwound.

Adjective

unwinding (not comparable)

Not winding or meandering; straight, direct.

the long and unwinding road to recovery

Source: Wiktionary


UNWIND

Un*wind", v. t. Etym: [AS. unwindan. See 1st Un-, and Wind to coil.]

1. 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.

2. To disentangle. [Obs.] Hooker.

Un*wind", v. i.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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