Word

wind up, v.
freq. cnt. 6

finally be or do something
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

end up fetch up finish finish up land up wind up

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

windup

semantic pointers

hypernym

act, move

stimulate sexually
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

arouse excite sex turn on wind up

sample sentences

"This movie usually arouses the male audience"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sex sex

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

turn-on

semantic pointers

hypernym

stir, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite

hyponym

tempt

give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wind up

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

baseball, baseball game, ball

hypernym

swing

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
<verb.contact>

wind wind up

sample sentences

"wind your watch"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wind winder winder

semantic pointers

hypernym

tighten, fasten

entailment

turn

hyponym

rewind