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wind off

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" [syn: unwind, unroll] [ant: wind]

Usage examples of "wind off".

Blowing in as suddenly as a wind off the plain slams open an unlatched door, startling the occupant of the house within.

Atop her twelve-foot lance, the crowned stag pranced black-on-gold as the wind off the sea rippled the cloth.

The party was accompanied by soldiers, cloaked against the raw, chill wind off the sea.

Hot urine soaked his jeans, dribbled on the sand, and quickly cooled in the wind off the water.