Analysis Complete

wind up

/ wind up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
Type of:
swing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
baseball baseball game ball
verb Sense 2
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
"wind your watch"
Type of:
tighten fasten
Derived:
wind winding twist winder key
Entails:
turn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
finally be or do something
"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"
"he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
Type of:
act move
Derived:
completion culmination closing windup mop up
Usage Patterns:
Frame 33
verb Sense 4
stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
Type of:
stimulate shake shake up
Kinds of:
tempt
Derived:
turn-on sex sexual urge sexual activity sexual practice
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
51%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
25
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

swing tighten fasten act move stimulate shake shake up tempt