wind up
wind
waÉĒnd
vaind
up
ƌp
ap
/wˈaÉĒnd ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "wind up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to wind up
[phrase form: wind]
01

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to bring something to a conclusion or resolution, often in a way that was unexpected or unplanned
Intransitive
Transitive: to wind up an activity
to wind up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to wind up the discussion and make a decision.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
02

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in activities that bring out sexual excitement or anticipation
Transitive: to wind up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The couple used role-playing to wind each other up and explore their fantasies.
āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϰ⧋āϞ-āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to prepare for throwing something by giving one's arm a starting swing
Transitive: to wind up one's arm or an implement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Winding up his club, the golfer prepared for a precise swing.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧁āχāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to twist a part of a machine to make its spring tight and ready to work
Transitive: to wind up a device
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We have to wind up the toy car before it can move.
āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϚāϞāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻ āĻžāĻŸā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to playfully tease someone by saying things that are not true
Transitive: to wind up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Winding up a friend with a harmless prank can bring a smile to everyone involved.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰ⧀āĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to accidentally end up in a particular situation or place as a result of a series of events
Intransitive: to wind up in a place or situation
Transitive: to wind up doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We went on a spontaneous road trip and wound up camping under the stars.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāσāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āϰ⧋āĻĄ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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