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 | ||