wind up
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (4)
- finally be or do something“He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart”“he wound up being unemployed and living at home again”Synonyms: finish upland upfetch upend upwind upfinish
- give a preliminary swing to the arm pitchingSynonyms: wind up
- stimulate sexually“This movie usually arouses the male audience”Synonyms: arousesexexciteturn onwind up
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem“wind your watch”Synonyms: windwind up