Definition of Wind Up in English :

Define Wind Up in English

Wind Up meaning in English

Meaning of Wind Up in English

Pronunciation of Wind Up in English

Wind Up pronunciation in English

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Wind Up

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Verb

1. end up, fetch up, finish, finish up, land up, wind up

finally be or do something

Example Sentences:
'He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart'
'he wound up being unemployed and living at home again'

2. wind up

give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching

3. arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up

stimulate sexually

Example Sentences:
'This movie usually arouses the male audience'

4. wind, wind up

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

Example Sentences:
'wind your watch'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wind Up

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verb (adverb)
1. 
to bring to or reach a conclusion
he wound up the proceedings
2. (transitive)
to tighten the spring of (a clockwork mechanism)
3. (tr; usually passive) informal
to make nervous, tense, etc; excite
he was all wound up before the big fight
4. (transitive)
to roll (thread, etc) into a ball
5.  an informal word for liquidate (sense 2)
6. (intransitive) informal
to end up (in a specified state)
you'll wind up without any teeth
7. (tr; usually passive)
to involve; entangle
they were wound up in three different scandals
8. (transitive)
to hoist or haul up
9. (transitive) British slang
to tease (someone)
noun wind-up
10. 
the act of concluding
11. 
the finish; end
12. British slang
an act or instance of teasing
she just thinks it's a big wind-up
adjective
13. 
having a mechanism powered by the manual tightening of a spring
a wind-up radio
adjective
1. 
having a mechanism powered by manual tightening of a spring
an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone
noun
2. British informal
an act or instance of teasing
This has to be a wind-up.
At first I couldn't believe it. I thought it was a wind-up by one of my mates.

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Wind Up

see synonyms of wind up
1. 
to wind into a ball, etc.
2. 
to entangle or involve
3. 
to bring or come to an end; conclude
4. 
to make very tense, excited, etc.
5.  US, Baseball
to use a windup (sense 2) before pitching the ball

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Wind Up

see synonyms of wind up
n.
1.
a. The act of bringing something to an end.
b. A concluding part; a conclusion.
2. Baseball The series of movements of a pitcher, including the swinging back of the arm and the raising of the forward foot, preparatory to pitching the ball. A wind-up is usually used when there are no base runners or when the bases are loaded.
adj.
Operated by a spring that is wound up by hand.

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