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English verb: wind up | |||
| 1. | wind up (change) finally be or do something | ||
| Samples | He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart. He wound up being unemployed and living at home again. | ||
| Synonyms | end up, fetch up, finish, finish up, land up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| 2. | wind up (motion) give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swing | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
| 3. | wind up (emotion) stimulate sexually | ||
| Samples | This movie usually arouses the male audience. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to wind up Sue | ||
| Synonyms | arouse, excite, sex, turn on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | tempt | ||
| 4. | wind up (contact) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | ||
| Samples | Wind your watch. | ||
| Synonyms | wind | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, tighten | ||
| Entail | turn | ||
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