unwound

un·wound
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/ʌnˈwaʊnd//ʌnˈwuːnd/

verb

to make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal

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Meanings

unwound1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unwind

unwound2

verbunwound (third-person singular simple present unwounds, present participle unwounding, simple past and past participle unwounded)

present singular third person unwounds · participle present unwounding · participle past unwounded · past unwounded

  1. raretransitiveto make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal

    "When I'm wounded, I go after people hard and I try to unwound myself," Trump said in a much-anticipated interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly that aired Tuesday night on Fox.

    2016 May 17, G. Morrongiello, “Trump: I wound people to 'unwound myself'”, in Washington Examiner
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    The time travelling episode offers us restored wholeness of many kinds, ranging from physical (the ‘unwounding’ of wounded men) to spiritual and metaphysical (our transcending the tragedy of before and after).

    1999, R. Norrman, “Creating the World in Our Image: A New Theory of Love of Symmetry and Iconicist Desire”, in M. Nänny, O. Fischer, editors, Form Miming Meaning, page 62

Origin

unwound · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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unwound · verb

From un- + wound (“to hurt”). Possibly backformed from the more common unwounded.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

unwound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwound

MLA

“unwound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwound.

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