| Definition of 'wind up' |
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1. (verb) finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
finally be or do something
"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
2. (verb) wind up
give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
3. (verb) arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
4. (verb) wind, wind up
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
"wind your watch"
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1. (verb) wind up
to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend to be in
We took the wrong road and wound up downtown.; You'll wind up in trouble if you do it again.
2. wind up
to bring to an end
Let's wind things up for the day.
3. wind up
to annoy
He just says those things to wind you up.
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Sense: to turn, twist or coil; to make into a ball or coil
My ball of wool has unravelled; – could you wind it up again?
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 Afrikaans: opwen, oprol |
 Arabic: يَلُف خيطان الصّوف على شَ |
 Bulgarian: навивам |
 Brazilian: enrolar |
 Czech: svinout, navinout |
 German: aufwickeln |
 Danish: vinde op |
 Greek: τυλίγω |
 Spanish: enrollar |
 Estonian: kokku kerima |
 Farsi: چرخاندن |
 Finnish: keriä rullalle |
 French: enrouler; bobiner |
 Hebrew: לְלַפֵּף |
 Hindi: लपटा |
 Croatian: zavijati |
 Hungarian: felgombolyít |
 Indonesian: menggulung |
 Icelandic: vinda upp |
 Italian: arrotolare, avvolgere |
 Japanese: 巻いて玉にする |
 Korean: 감다 |
 Lithuanian: susukti, suvyti |
 Latvian: satīt |
 Malay: melilit |
 Dutch: opdraaien, oprollen |
 Norwegian: nøste opp, spole |
 Polish: zwinąć |
 Portuguese: enrolar |
 Romanian: aînvârti; a încolăci |
 Russian: сматывать |
 Slovak: zvinúť, zmotať |
 Slovenian: naviti |
 Serbian: namotati |
 Swedish: nysta upp, rulla ihop |
 Thai: ม้วนให้แน่น |
 Turkish: yumak/rulo haline getirme |
 Taiwanese: 轉緊、扭緊，捲緊，捲成球或圈 |
 Ukrainian: намотувати |
 Urdu: موڑنا |
 Vietnamese: cuộn |
 Chinese: 卷紧 |
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