Wind Up

Definition: Wind Up

Wind Up

Verb

1. Be in a certain state as a result of some action or event; "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again".

2. Finally be or do something, as in "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart".

3. Give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching, as in baseball.

4. Stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience".

5. Of springs.

6. Tighten the spring of (a mechanisms); wind up the toy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Wind Up

Accounts

Verb: keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts.

Completion

Finish, bring to a close; (end); wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch;n. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap.

Physical Energy

Verb: give -energy; Noun: energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert; sharpen, intensify; inflame; (render violent); wind up; (strengthen).

Preparation

Elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture; (aid); hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust; (fit); put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack.

Strength

Render strong; Adjective: give strength; Noun: strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh; refect; reinforce, reenforce; (restore).

Crosswords: Wind Up

And in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dusty street (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

Not that I'm ungrateful to providence for bringing you back, but I have to confess - I'm just a little bit curious as to how you managed to wind up with them (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas)

You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison)

Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider (Guys and Dolls; writing credit: Abe Burrows; Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

So I says, blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

They wind up on skid row with holes in their pockets (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

But then you wind up dropping out of highschool ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash)

Internet access, some website chat line, mad cause I got mine, oh done wind up (#1; performing artist: Nelly)

How did we wind up this way (Absolutely (Story Of A Girl); performing artist: Nine Days)

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you (Rainy Days And Mondays; performing artist: The Carpenters)

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Books

• The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding : How to Find a Dress, Return the Shoes, Hire a Caterer, Fire the Photographer, Choose a Florist, Book a Band, and Still Wind Up Married at the End of It All (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Boatmen towing sailboat against the wind up the Pieho to Peking. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Haiti

Similarly, contracts to comply with certain obligations, such as commodities futures contracts, apparently cannot be enforced for their economic objectives (though the resistor might wind up in jail). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "wind up": get the wind up ♦ have got the wind up ♦ put the wind up ♦ put the wind up smb. ♦ to wind up ♦ wind up a business ♦ wind up an account ♦ wind up his business ♦ wind up into a ball ♦ wind up the clock ♦ wind up the watch. Additional references.

Afrikaans

opwen (strech). (various references)

Albanian

ngreh (dress, pitch, prick, set), ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, close up, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, enclose, encompass, end, entomb, fasten, furl, glue up, hush up, impound, inclose, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, turn off, wrap up), mbaroj (be over, call it a day, cease, close, decline, despatch, die, dispatch, do, drink up, eat up, end, finish, get through, go out, lapse, perish, peter out, spend, surcease, terminate), likuidoj (liquidate, rub out, segregate), gjarpëroj (coil, curl, meander, take a winding course, twine, weave, wind). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عبأ المنبه, ‏عبأ الساعة (wind), ‏صفى عملا تجاريا, ‏ختم (cachet, chop, close, conclude, frank, impress, impression, imprint, round off, seal, seal ring, sealing, set one's hand to, sign off, signet, stamp, stamp about, stamping, subscribe, wrap up), ‏إنتهى على, ‏إستعد (brace, get ready, groom, prepare, provide against, ready, run in, stand by, tool up), ‏أنهى (call a halt, close, complete, compose, conclude, cut, determine, dissolve, do, end, finish, fulfil, fulfill, last, last out, round off, terminate, top, wrap up), ‏شغل لعبة ما. (various references)

Bulgarian 

свършвам някъде, свършвам (accomplish, adjourn, be through with smth., clear away, end, finish, job, put through, run short, shoot away, sink, turn off, work out), развълнувам (fluster, flutter, groove, move, penetrate, shake, work on), разпалвам (inflame, kindle, set off, touch off, warm up, whip up), край (about, abutment, border, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, extremity, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, hem, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, over, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, term, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge), озовавам се някъде, навивам (coil, curl, expend, fake, furl, lap, quill, roll, roll up, scroll, set, take up, tuck, tuck up, wind), намотавам (convolve, lap, reel, wind), завършвам (accomplish, carry through, complete, conclude, crown, end, end up, eventuate, finish, perfect, round, round off, round out, terminate), ликвидиране (dispatch, removal, winding up), ликвидирам (account for, liquidate, push off, put down, sell off, stamp out, unmake, wipe out), приключване (close, closing, conclusion, determination, termination), приключвам (conclude, determine, end, end off, get over, sign off, top off, work out), попадам в някакво положение. (various references)

Chinese 

結尾 (coda, ending). (various references)

Czech

zakonèit (conclude), navíjet, natahovat (rack), motat (spill, twist), likvidovat (liquidate). (various references)

Danish

trække op (strech). (various references)

Dutch

oprollen (roll, roll up, wind). (various references)

Esperanto

volvi (roll, roll up, wind), streĉi (strech), hisi (hoist, hoist up, run up), bulvolvi. (various references)

Faeroese

vinda (contort, jack, roll, roll up, twist, wind), vevja (roll, roll up, wind), toyggja (extend, strech, strech out), spenna (oppress, press, squeeze, strech), heysa (hoist, hoist up, run up). (various references)

Finnish

vyyhtiä (reel), selvittää (adjust, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, disentangle, explain, liquidate, make clear, settle, solve), kelata (coil, reel), kääriä (fold up, roll, roll up, twine, wind, wrap), käämiä (spool), jännittää (strain, strech, stretch, tighten). (various references)

French

enrouler (wind), remonter (wind), raidir, bander. (various references)

German

wickeln (bandage, bind, coil, dress, put in curlers, put in rollers, roll, roll up, swaddle, to swaddle, twist, wind, wrap, wreathe), aufziehen (arrange, back, breed, bring up, come up, draw back, draw up, educate, foster, haul up, hoist, hoist up, Josh, kid, lead on, let up, make fun of, march up, mother, Mount, mounting, pull open, pull up, put on, rag, raise, ravel out, razz, rear, set up, slip on, strech, stretch, tease, to razz, to twit, to wind up, twit, uncork, undo, unravel, untie, wind, zoom out), aufwickeln (coil, put in curlers, roll up, to coil, untie, wind). (various references)

Greek 

κουρδίζω (attune, key up, tune, tune up, wind, wound). (various references)

Hebrew 

לסים (close, conclude, end, finish, terminate, top off), לסכם (amount, conclude, finalize, precis, summarize, totalize). (various references)

Hungarian

feltekercsel (to reel in, to reel up, to wind up), felteker (coil, to ball, to ball up, to coil, to fake, to furl, to wind, wind, wound), felhúz (draw on, hoist in, pull up, to draw up, to haul up, to hoist, to hoist up, to prime, to pull on, to pull up, to run up, to screw up, to whip, to wind up, uplift, weigh up). (various references)

Italian

caricare (accuse, burden, cargo, charge, download, fill, freight, Lade, load, load up, prime, strech, tackle, take on, upload, weigh down, weight). (various references)

Manx

jannoo jerrey (terminate, wind up debate). (various references)

Papiamen

isa (hoist, hoist up, run up), hisa (hoist, hoist up, lever, lift, raise, run up). (various references)

Pig Latin

indway upay.(various references)

Polish

napinać (strech). (various references)

Portuguese

serpentear (coil, corkscrew, meander, serpentine, snake, wind), resumir (abridge, abstract, boil down, brief, compact, compress, condense, digest, epitomize, extract, precis, resume, shorten, sum up, summarize), enrolar (coil, convolute, convolve, crisp, curl, furl, hank, lap, lap up, roll, roll up, twirl, twist, wrap, wrap up), encerrar (accomodate, chamber, close, closet, coffin, contain, embay, encase, enclose, finish, girdle, hoop, imply, impound, incase, inclose, lock, lock in, mure, shut, shut in, shut up, terminate), dar corda. (various references)

Romanian

termina (accomodate, accomplish, achieve, bring to an end, clear up, close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish, get over, have done, liquidate, mop up, pack it in, shoot away, spend, stop, terminate), fi întors (point towards), exaspera (aggravate, exasperate, madden), dizolva o companie, întinde corzile unei viori rãsucind cheia, înfãşura complet. (various references)

Russian 

конец (closing, consummation, curtains, decline, dissolution, end, ending, extremity, finish, heelpiece, latter end, quietus, tail end, termination, tip, windup), наматывать (quill, reel, reel up, reeling, wind), заводить (fire up, wind). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

završetak (coda, completion, conclusion, end, termination), zamahnuti rukom, zamah rukom, strah (alarm, creeps, dread, fear, fright, funk, trepidation), naviti (coil, wind), namotavati (quill), motati (quill, roll up). (various references)

Spanish

tomar el pelo (get at, poke fun, put on, rib), terminar con (do away with, eat up, get off, kill, leak, top off), serpentear (loop, meander, ramble, twine, twist, wind, worm, wriggle about, wriggle around), remontar (ascend, go back, repair, resole, wind), liquidar (account for, acquit, clear off, erase, liquefy, liquidate, liquidize, satisfy, sell off, sell out, settle, wipe out), levantar (adjourn, boost, break up, build, dig up, draw up, elevate, erect, flush, get up, heave, heft, hitch, hoist, hold up, Jack, lever, lift, lift up, pick up, prick, pull up, push up, put up, raise, raise up, rear, ring up, rouse, set up, spring, start, take, tip, to raise, up), girar (back, derange, draw, endorse, go round, gyrate, hinge, Rev, revolve, rotate, slew, slue, spin, swish, swivel round, to turn, turn, turn about, turn around, turn round, twiddle, twist, twist round, veer, wheel, wind), finalizar (cap, close, closure, come, conclude, eat up, expire, finalize, hole, knock off, leave off, let up, terminate, throw over, top off), emocionar con exceso, dar vueltas a (rotate, turn, turn around, wind), dar cuerda (wind), concluir (accomodate, close, come, complete, conclude, dispose of, end, finish, infer, lock, terminate, tie up, top off), cesar (break, break off, cap, cease, close up, come, cut off, delete, disable, eat up, end, expire, follow up, get over, get through, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, liquidate, stop, surcease, terminate, throw over, top off, zip, zip up), agitar (agitate, excite, flourish, flurry, flutter, rattle, ruffle, shake, shake up, switch, trouble, wag, wave, whirl), acabar (accomodate, accomplish, break off, come, complement, complete, discontinue, eat up, end, expire, finish, follow up, get over, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, play out, round off, terminate, throw over, top off, use up, wash out, waste, work out). (various references)

Swedish

avveckla (liquidate). (various references)

Turkish

kurmak (activate, base, build, build up, cog, conspire, constitute, construct, erect, establish, fix up, float, form, found, frame, ground, install, institute, lay, line up, organize, pitch, plant, promote, put, put together, ruminate, set, set up, start, strike up, time, weave), araba camını açmak, bükmek (bend, buckle, contort, crook, curl, curl up, curve, distort, double, entwine, entwist, flex, fold, fold down, hook, inflect, intwine, spring, strand, throw, twine, twist, wrench, wrest, wring), bitirmek (break up, bring to an end, bring to completion, call it off, carry through, cease, clean up, clear off, close, complete, conclude, consume, deplete, drink, end, end off, exhaust, expend, fetch up, finish, fulfil, fulfill, get through, graduate, leave off, make an end of, play out, point, polish off, put a stop to, put an end to, put through, round out, run out, sign off, snuff out, swallow up, terminate, use up, work off, wrap it up), boylamak (end up, fetch up), döndürmek (deflect, return, reverse, revolve, roll, rotate, round off, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, swerve, swing, turn, turn aside, turn inside out, turn over, turn round, twiddle, twirl, veer, veer round, wheel, whip, whirl, wind), heyecanlandırmak (carry away, electrify, exalt, excite, ferment, flush, hot up, impassion, inebriate, key up, Spike, stir, stir up, sweep away, sweep off, thrill, tickle up, transport, turn on, unsettle, warm up, work up), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, commute, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, enclose, exchange, flip, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn on, turn over, turn to, twiddle, twirl, upturn, whip, wind, zone), kapamak (block, block up, bung up, close, confine, coop, coop in, coop up, cover, cover in, encase, fence in, hang up, obstruct, obturate, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut out, shut to, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, top, turn off, turn out, wipe out), yumak yapmak (ball), sarıp sarmalamak (swathe, wrap up), sarmak (bandage, begird, beset, bind, bundle, cincture, clothe, coat, cocoon, coil, coil up, compass, do up, embrace, encircle, enclasp, encompass, enfold, enlace, entwine, entwist, envelop, enwrap, fold, fold up, furl, gird, hem about, hem around, hem in, infold, intwine, invest, involve, lap, overgrow, pack, reel, reel up, robe, roll, roll up, sheet, smother in, stalk, strap, surround, swaddle, swathe, tuck in, tuck up, twine, twist, whirl, wind, wrap, wrap up), son vermek (adjourn, call a halt, call off, cease, chuck, close, cut off, discontinue, end, end off, fetch up, finish, make an end of, put a stop to, put an end to, raise, shut down on, shut down upon, sign off, stash, stop, terminate, top off, wipe up, wrap up), sona ermek (be at an end, bust, bust up, cease, come to a head, come to an end, die, discontinue, end, end off, expire, finish, leave off, quit, run out, terminate), tahrik etmek (agitate, egg, egg on, excite, fan, ferment, hound, hound on, incite, instigate, irritate, jockey into, move, provoke, rough the wrong way, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, sting, stir up, turn on, whet, whip up, work up), tasfiye etmek (clear up, close out, depurate, houseclean, liquidate, pay up, purge, revive, sell off, sell out, try out), kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, Crimp, crisp, crook, curl, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwine, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizz, frizzle, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, turn down, twist, wind). (various references)

Turkmen 

keleplemek. (various references)

Ukrainian

накручувати, заключний (conclusive, ending, final), завершувати (accomplish, cap, carry out, close, conclude, consummate, finish off, fulfil, integrate, perfect, round, ultimate), завершення (achievement, close, closure, come off, completion, conclusion, consummation, copestone, coping stone, ending, finality, finishing, fulfilment, perfecting), збуджувати (actuate, agitate, amove, animate, arouse, electrify, elevate, exalt, excite, flurry, flush, incite, innervate, key up, kindle, pique, provoke, stimulate, tense, thrill, wake, whet, work up), ліквідувати (close up, do away, eliminate, liquidate, sell out, wipe off), переляк (affright, boggle, consternation, fright, funk, scare, startle, willies). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: upwind, windup.

-2 letters: wind.

-3 letters: din, dip, dui, dun, dup, nip, pin, piu, pud, pun, win, wud.

-4 letters: id, in, nu, pi, un, up.

+1 letter: upwinds, windups.