wind down | Idiomator

Meaning: ; (transitive,of an object that can be raised or lowered)To lower bywinding, as with acrankorwindlass.Synonyms:roll down,lowerAntonyms:wind up,roll up,raiseWind downthe car window if you want to talk to me.; ; (transitive,of a device with amainspring)Tounwind.Synonyms:unwind,deactivateAntonyms:wind,wind up,activateYou'd betterwind downthat wind-up toy before you take it apart, or pieces might go flying.; ; (transitive)Toshut downslowly (by degrees or in phases).Synonyms:unwind,shut downAntonyms:activate,fire up,power up,start up,boot upA program as complex as the Space Shuttle program takes some time towind down.December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:As a result, Bowman admitted, Sellafield’s scientists are having to invent, mid-marathon, the process ofwindingthe sitedown– and they’re finding that they still don’t know enough about it.; ; (intransitive)Toslow, as if coming to an end; to become calmer or less busy.Synonym:taper offThe festival seems to bewinding downnow.; ; (intransitive,idiomatic)Torelax; to get rid ofstress; todestress.Synonyms:calm down,unwind,chill out,let off steamAntonym:power upAfter a long day at work, shewinds downby kickboxing.

Examples:

EN: Careful now, there's a lot of wind down there.
ES: Cuidado ahora, hay mucho viento ahí abajo.
EN: Don't you ever wind down? - Nah.
ES: ¿Nunca paras?
EN: One needs to wind down during the holidays.
ES: Hay que relajarse en estos días de fiesta.
EN: You never wind down, do you, Stoney?
ES: Nunca te relajas, ¿verdad, Stoney?
EN: But once you fully understand your life will have to wind down a very different road.
ES: Pero una vez que lo haya entendido su vida tendrá que tomar una dirección totalmente distinta.
EN: Pretty soon, they're just gonna wind down the windows... and throw out the dough, without even stopping the car.
ES: Muy pronto bajarán las ventanillas... y arrojarán el dinero, sin siquiera detener el auto.
EN: When you wind down, Rhoda, I've got something to tell you.
ES: Cuando te relajes, Rhoda, tengo algo que decirte.
EN: Heard you had a little wind down at your place last night, Gil.
ES: ¿Oí que tuvieron un poco de viento anoche, Gil?
EN: Could you wind down a little, please?
ES: ¿Puedes relajarte un poco por favor?
EN: I couldn't wind down last night.
ES: Anoche no conseguía relajarme.
EN: -You should wind down.
ES: -Deberías calmarte.
EN: We wind down before dawn and sleep.
ES: Nos fuimos apagando antes del amanecer y nos dormimos.
EN: Hobbies are important to men because they allow us to wind down a bit.
ES: Los hobbies son importantes para los hombres. Nos relajan.
EN: When she gets off duty at 1 800, she stops by the casino to wind down.
ES: Sale de trabajar a las 1800 y va al casino para relajarse.
EN: I suppose we'll wind down with it.
ES: Supongo que nos enroIIaremos con éI.

Note: the examples for non latin scripts have a high likelihood of mistakes, we do not own any of this data and it is sourced from Wiktionary, the NLLB database and Opensubtitles. Please help us improve this by contributing correct examples. We will be working to fix this issue over time however it is a bigger issue due to the the difficulties in dealing with non latin scripts and grammatical structures(non-romantic/european languages have lower resources as well ).