wind up

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verb

1. finally be or do something (Freq. 4)
- He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
- he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
• Syn:
finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, finish
• Derivationally related forms:
windup
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
2. give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
swing
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. stimulate sexually (Freq. 1)
- This movie usually arouses the male audience
• Syn:
arouse, sex, excite, turn on
• Derivationally related forms:
turn-on (for: turn on), sex (for: sex)
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Hyponyms:
tempt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to wind up Sue
4. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- wind your watch
• Syn:
wind
• Derivationally related forms:
wind (for: wind), winder (for: wind)
• Hypernyms:
tighten, fasten
• Entailment:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something