wind up

v 1: be in a certain state as a result of some action or event;

"He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

[syn: {finish up}, {end up}, {land up}, {fetch up}]

2: finally be or do something, as in "He ended up marrying his

high school sweetheart" [syn: {end up}, {finish}]

3: give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching, as in baseball

4: arouse sexually [syn: {arouse}, {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}]

5: of springs [syn: {wind}]

6: tighten the spring of (a mechanisms); wind up the toy" [syn:

{wind}]