wind up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
finally be or do something
He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- windup derivation
Sense 2 verb
give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
Types & categories
- swing hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
Sense 3 verb
stimulate sexually
This movie usually arouses the male audience
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sexual activity derivation
- turn-on derivation
- sexual urge derivation
Sense 4 verb
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
wind your watch
Types & categories
- tighten hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | windup |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual activity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn-on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual urge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tempt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | winding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | winder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | winder |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | turn |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tighten |