What does wind up mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of wind up
 

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "wind up": abort, button up, cap, carry to completion, cease, charge, clean up, climax, close, close out, close up, cock, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, determine, do, end, finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, get done, get it over, get through, get through with, get up steam, halt, load, mop up, perfect, perorate, prime, resolve, round out, scrap, scratch, set, steam up, stop, terminate, top off, top out, warm up, wind, wrap up

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

wind up

verb

1: finally be or do something; "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]
2: give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
3: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" [syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on]
4: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" [syn: wind]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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