winddownとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

wind down (third-person singular simple present winds down, present participle winding down, simple past and past participle wound down) (idiomatic)

1. (transitive, of an object that can be raised or lowered) To lower by winding, as with a crank or windlass.

   Synonyms: roll down, lower

   Antonyms: wind up, roll up, raise

   Wind down the car window if you want to talk to me.

2. (transitive, of a device with a mainspring) To unwind.

   Synonyms: unwind, deactivate

   Antonyms: wind, wind up, activate

   You'd better wind down that wind-up toy before you take it apart, or pieces might go flying.

3. (transitive) To shut down slowly (by degrees or in phases).

   Synonyms: unwind, shut down

   Antonyms: activate, fire up, power up, start up, boot up

   A program as complex as the Space Shuttle program takes some time to wind down.

   • December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian‎:

     As a result, Bowman admitted, Sellafield’s scientists are having to invent, mid-marathon, the process of winding the site down – and they’re finding that they still don’t know enough about it.

4. (intransitive) To slow, as if coming to an end; to become calmer or less busy.

   Synonym: taper off

   The festival seems to be winding down now.

   • 2026 August 18, Nicholas Muhoro, “Ryan Shtuka, 20, Vanished After Leaving a House Party at a Ski Resort in 2018. His Walk Home Was Only 300 Metres”, in Skip Boring‎, archived from the original on 18 August 2026:

     As the bar event started to wind down past midnight, Ryan and a group of friends walked over to an after-hours house party at a residence on Burfield Drive, parallel to the major ski resorts.

5. (intransitive) To relax; to get rid of stress; to destress.

   Synonyms: calm down, unwind, chill out, let off steam

   Antonym: power up

   After a long day at work, she winds down by kickboxing.

派生語

• winddown

アナグラム

• downwind