Definitions for wound up
wound up

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1. aroused, wound upadjective

   brought to a state of great tension

   "all wound up for a fight"

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1. wound up

   "Wound up" is a term that can refer to several different situations, depending on the context. 1) If a person is "wound up," they are very tense or anxious, which is usually due to the stress of a particular situation. This phrase is typically used in British English. 2) When referring to a business or company, "wound up" means that the operations have been completed and the company has been dissolved or closed down. 3) If a toy or device is "wound up," it means it has been given tension by turning a key or handle to make it work. 4) In colloquial English, "wound up" can refer to ending up in a particular place or situation as result of one’s actions. This is also closely related to the phrase "end up." Example: "He wound up living in New York after years of traveling." 5) In law, winding up is the process of selling all the assets of a corporation, paying off creditors, distributing any remaining assets to the principals, and then dissolving the business.

How to pronounce wound up?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wound up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wound up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of wound up in a Sentence

1. Dave Perry:

   I don't do the sexy stuff, i don't come out and say, 'I know who the Grassy Knoll assassin is!' I'm the guy that goes into the county records building and looks up deed records. Most people don't get too wound up over that.

2. Reda Hicks:

   My son was so little, explaining 300 days to him was out of the question, answering the questions about when dad would be home every single day wore on me so badly, I actually wound up making a huge paper chain for( my son Howie), with the number of chain links matching the number of days left. At first, it wrapped around our bannister from the second floor. We tore one off every night before bed, and it helped my son understand the bigness of time away, but that it was getting smaller.

3. Pete Buttigieg:

   You will never know who's taking their lead from you, who's watching you and deciding that they can be a little braver, because you have been brave, when I was trying to figure out who I was, I was afraid that who I was might mean that I could never make a difference. And what wound up happening instead, is that it's a huge part of the difference I get to make.

4. Alan Perez:

   He said he and his client asked Cheah for their money back but wound up losing their entireinvestment. The Post quoted another pre-sentencing letter from Houston chef Alan Perez, who said Cheah left him $ 250,000 in debt. She does not use guns, knives, or any other sort of physical weapon like many criminals, language and emotion are her weapons, and armed with them she can easily infiltrate the mind of anyone she wishes to prey upon.

5. Keith Urban:

   I think Qaasim Middleton, who we used it on, kept delivering for the next few weeks and kept getting through, so I think it was a good use of the save. The eccentric Cook was a favorite, although maybe not the singer many predicted to go all the way. Some thought her performance of My Funny Valentine was not her best, and she wound up in the bottom two with Rayvon Owen. In the end, the Twitter save element saved Rayvon Owen, for a third straight week. I think hes in a dangerous place now.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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