Bin Laden recounted his experiences at Tora Bora on an audiotape that aired on Al Jazeera in 2003. He recalled that, on the morning of December 3, heavy U.S. bombing began around the clock, with B-52s dropping some 20 to 30 bombs each.
unwind. 1  to wind off or undo (something wound) 2  uncoil. 3  to straighten out or untangle (something confused or involved) 4  to make relaxed, less tense, etc. 5  to close out (a position in a securities or commodities trade) to sell (a stake in a company, business venture, etc.)
The literal meaning of the verb unwind is exactly what it sounds like â the opposite of wind, or twist. But when someone says they need to unwind, they mean that they need to relax. When you come inside on a cold, snowy day, you might first unwind the scarf from around your neck, loosening and untwisting it. If you then grab a cup of hot chocolate and put your feet up on the coffee table, youâll feel yourself start to unwind, or become less tense. Unwind has been in use since the fourteenth century, but the figurative meaning of âto relaxâ dates only from the mid-twentieth century.