Definition of Wind up

1. Verb. Finally be or do something. "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

Exact synonyms: End Up, Fetch Up, Finish, Finish Up, Land Up
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Windup

2. Verb. Give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching.
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Swing

3. Verb. Stimulate sexually. "The performance is likely to wind up Sue"; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
Exact synonyms: Arouse, Excite, Sex, Turn On
Generic synonyms: Excite, Shake, Shake Up, Stimulate, Stir
Specialized synonyms: Tempt
Derivative terms: Sex, Sex, Turn-on

4. Verb. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem. "Wind your watch"
Exact synonyms: Wind
Generic synonyms: Fasten, Tighten
Entails: Turn
Derivative terms: Wind, Winder, Winder

Definition of Wind up

1. Noun. (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue. ¹

2. Verb. To end up; to arrive or result. ¹

3. Verb. To conclude, complete, or finish. ¹

4. Verb. To tighten by winding or twisting. ¹

5. Verb. To excite. ¹

6. Verb. (British) To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock ¹

7. Verb. To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wind Up

wind power
wind rose
wind scale
wind scales
wind shear
wind sleeve
wind sock
wind speed
wind storm
wind swell
wind tee
wind tunnel
wind tunnels
wind turbine
wind turbines
wind up
wind up one's bottoms
wind ups
wind vane
windable
windac
windacs
windage
windages
windas
windases
windbag
windbags
windbell
windbells

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