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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. wind upverb

    That ends, or is ended, of which there is no more, whether or not more was intended or needed; that is closed, completed, concluded, or finished which has come to an expected or appropriate end. A speech may be ended almost as soon as begun, because of the speaker's illness, or of tumult in the audience; in such a case, the speech is neither closed, completed, nor finished, nor, in the strict sense, concluded. An argument may be closed with nothing proved; when an argument is concluded all that is deemed necessary to prove the point has been stated. To finish is to do the last thing there is to do; as, "I have finished my course," 2 Tim. iv, 7. Finish has come to mean, not merely to complete in the essentials, but to perfect in all the minute details, as in the expression "to add the finishing touches." The enumeration is completed; the poem, the picture, the statue is finished. To terminate may be either to bring to an arbitrary or to an appropriate end; as, he terminated his remarks abruptly; the spire terminates in a cross. A thing stops that comes to rest from motion; or the motion stops or ceases when the object comes to rest; stop frequently signifies to bring or come to a sudden and decided cessation of motion, progress, or action of any kind. Compare DO; TRANSACT.

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    Synonyms:
    break off, cease, close, complete, conclude, desist, end, end, expire, finish, quit, stop, terminate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finishverb

    finally be or do something

    "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

    Synonyms:
    earth up, get through, turn on, clear up, end, finish up, finish, fetch up, eat up, polish off, terminate, wrap up, wind, mop up, arouse, finish off, cease, complete, sex, stop, land up, excite, end up

  2. wind upverb

    give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching

    Synonyms:
    end up, arouse, finish up, fetch up, turn on, wind, finish, sex, land up, excite

  3. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind upverb

    stimulate sexually

    "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

    Synonyms:
    wind, trip out, kindle, charge, excite, end up, arouse, put forward, awake, trip, shake up, shake, come alive, get off, commove, energize, perk up, agitate, hinge on, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, energise, finish, stimulate, fire, rouse, finish up, bring up, depend upon, conjure up, fetch up, ride, depend on, devolve on, land up, hinge upon, raise, waken, turn on, call down, provoke, call forth, invoke, charge up, awaken, brace, evoke, sex, conjure, switch on

  4. wind, wind upverb

    coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

    "wind your watch"

    Synonyms:
    wrap, turn on, finish up, meander, finish, fetch up, arouse, wind, twist, excite, roll, wreathe, nose, wander, curve, lift, scent, thread, sex, weave, twine, land up, hoist, end up

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wind up

    Synonyms:
    wind into a ball

  2. wind up

    Synonyms:
    settle, close, close up

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How to use wind up in a sentence?

  1. State John Kerry:

    The foreign minister said the time has come to move away from public tensions and turn the page, and we agree with that... no claimant should be acting in a way that is provocative, no claimant should take steps that wind up raising tensions.

  2. Anita Gandhi:

    The enthusiasm about extending vaccines to all adults died out as other realities came to the fore ... there is also a fear that as elections wind up, restrictions may get stricter.

  3. Susan Hennessey:

    They are really, really going to push the executive privilege issues. It is almost certainly going to wind up in the United States Supreme Court.

  4. Brooks Dunn:

    I don’t claim to be a chef but I realized that a lot of the people that really inspired my life, the good things in my life, the moments in my life that make the memories that I really cherish-- revolved around those things hunting and fishing and spending time, being out in a garden and learning about food and things that wind up on the dinner table.

  5. Tony Hadley:

    At first I thought, is it a hoax ? Is someone on a wind-up ? , i looked into it and realized that this chap had, I thought, won fairly and squarely.


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  • beschließen, auflösen, aufziehenGerman
  • τελειώσειGreek
  • dar cuerdaSpanish
  • innostaa, purkaa, vetää, päätyä, joutua, päättää, vedättää, lopettaaFinnish
  • opwindenDutch
  • robić w koniaPolish
  • pregar uma peça, animar, concluir, excitar, acabar, terminarPortuguese

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