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Wind up Common

Wind up has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Alternative form of wind-up

Verb
1

finally be or do something

"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"

"he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

2

give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching

3

stimulate sexually

"This movie usually arouses the male audience"

4

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

"wind your watch"

5

To wind completely.

Example Sentences
"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart" verb
"he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" verb
"This movie usually arouses the male audience" verb
"wind your watch" verb
See Also
excite liquidate pitch upwind wind up merchant windup twisting conclude
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
act swing stimulate tighten
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tempt rewind
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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