ALL meanings of wind up
wind up
W w - noun wind up the act of winding. 1
- noun wind up a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound: If you give it another wind, you'll break the mainspring. 1
- noun wind up a twist producing an uneven surface. 1
- verb without object wind up to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander: The river winds through the forest. 1
- verb without object wind up to have a circular or spiral course or direction. 1
- verb without object wind up to coil or twine about something: The ivy winds around the house. 1
- verb without object wind up to proceed circuitously or indirectly. 1
- verb without object wind up to undergo winding or winding up. 1
- verb without object wind up to be twisted or warped, as a board. 1
- verb with object wind up to encircle or wreathe, as with something twined, wrapped, or placed about. 1
- verb with object wind up to roll or coil (thread, string, etc.) into a ball, on a spool, or the like (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object wind up to remove or take off by unwinding (usually followed by off or from): She wound the thread off the bobbin. 1
- verb with object wind up to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something. 1
- verb with object wind up to make (a mechanism) operational by tightening the mainspring with a key (often followed by up): to wind a clock; to wind up a toy. 1
- verb with object wind up to haul or hoist by means of a winch, windlass, or the like (often followed by up). 1
- transitivephrasal verb wind up power by turning 1
- verb with object wind up to make (one's or its way) in a bending or curving course: The stream winds its way through the woods. 1
- transitivephrasal verb wind up end 1
- verb with object wind up to make (one's or its way) by indirect, stealthy, or devious procedure: to wind one's way into another's confidence. 1
- intransitivephrasal verbs wind up become 1
- idioms wind up out of wind, (of boards, plasterwork, etc.) flat and true. 1
- transitivephrasal verb wind up annoy 1
- noun wind up (Britain) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue. 0
- verb wind up To end up; to arrive or result. 0
- verb wind up To conclude, complete, or finish. 0
- verb wind up To tighten by winding or twisting. 0
- verb wind up To put (a clock, a watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion, by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight. 0
- verb wind up To excite. 0
- verb wind up (Britain) To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock. 0
- verb wind up To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets. 0
- verb wind up (baseball) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch. 0
- phrasal verb wind up When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it. 0
- phrasal verb wind up When someone winds up a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely. 0
- phrasal verb wind up If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you did not originally intend to be. 0
- phrasal verb wind up When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle. 0
- phrasal verb wind up If you wind someone up, you deliberately say things which annoy them. 0
- phrasal verb wind up If you wind someone up, you say untrue things in order to trick them. 0
- adjective wind up A wind-up device is a mechanical device with a handle or key that you turn several times before you use it in order to make it work. 0
- countable noun wind up A wind-up is a joke or trick in which someone deliberately tells you something untrue in order to annoy you. 0
- verb wind up to bring to or reach a conclusion 0
- verb wind up to tighten the spring of (a clockwork mechanism) 0
- verb wind up to make nervous, tense, etc; excite 0
- verb wind up to roll (thread, etc) into a ball 0
- verb wind up to end up (in a specified state) 0
- verb wind up to involve; entangle 0
- verb wind up to hoist or haul up 0
- verb wind up to tease (someone) 0
- noun wind up the act of concluding 0
- noun wind up the finish; end 0
- noun wind up an act or instance of teasing 0