TO WIND UP

Definition: TO WIND UP

TO WIND UP

1. (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew. ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.'' --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch.'' --Atterbury. (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute.'' --Waller.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Usage: TO WIND UP

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

Not that I'm ungrateful to providence for bringing you back, but I have to confess - I'm just a little bit curious as to how you managed to wind up with them. (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas)

We're just going to wind up back here anyway. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: TO WIND UP

Language		Translations for "TO WIND UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		opvikle (curling, rolling, to ball, wind, winding). (various references)

French		enrouler. (various references)

German		aufwinden (hoist, to hoist), aufwickeln (coil, put in curlers, roll up, to coil, untie, wind, wind up). (various references)

Greek		μαζεύω (collect, furl, gather, marsh, mass, muster, pick, pick up, rasie an army, shrink, wipe up), τυλίγω (close in on, coil, drape, enfold, engulf, enshroud, envelop, furl, kink, roll up, wrap, wreathe). (various references)

Hungarian		végsőkig feszít, véget vet (terminate, to abate, to end, to finish, to reconcile, to terminate), véget ér (break up, surcease, to determine, to draw to a close, to fold up, to peter out, to surcease), odakerül vhova, kiköt vhol, feltekercsel (to reel in, to reel up, wind up), felhúz (draw on, hoist in, pull up, to draw up, to haul up, to hoist, to hoist up, to prime, to pull on, to pull up, to run up, to screw up, to whip, uplift, weigh up, wind up), felcsavar (coil, lap, screw up, scroll, to coil, to furl, to roll, to screw up). (various references)

Italian		avvolgere (befog, cloak, enclose, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fold, inclose, lap, muffle, pack, package, reel, roll, shroud, wind, wrap, wrap up). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay indway upay

Portuguese		enrolar (coil, convolute, convolve, crisp, curl, furl, hank, lap, lap up, roll, roll up, twirl, twist, wind up, wrap, wrap up). (various references)

Spanish		enrolar (enlist, enrol, enroll, ship, sign on, sign up). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO WIND UP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-i-n-o-p-t-u-w"
	-1 letter: outwind, putdown.
	-2 letters: pundit, unipod, uptown, upwind, windup.
	-3 letters: donut, indow, input, pinot, pinto, piton, poind, point, pound, punto, puton, tondi, unwit, wound.
	-4 letters: dint, dipt, doit, down, duit, dunt, into, nodi, nowt, pint, pion, pond, pout, punt, topi, town, twin, undo, unit, unto, updo, upon, wind, wino, wont.
	-5 letters: din, dip, dit, don, dot.
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