Find the word definition

Crossword clues for wind down

Wiktionary
wind down

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To lower by wind#Etymology_2 something. 2 (context intransitive English) To slow; to become calmer or less busy. 3 (context intransitive idiomatic English) To relax; to get rid of stress.

Usage examples of "wind down".

And wind down a wet and deserted London street, shouting its whistling song, its song of the triumphant desolation that has cleared the way for it of human obstruction-how it sings the music of magnificent poverty, of heavy luxury, and then of the loneliness bred by both!