wind up (
http://definr.com/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: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
audience" [syn:
arouse,
sex,
excite,
turn on]
5: of springs [syn:
wind]
6: tighten the spring of (a mechanisms); wind up the toy" [syn:
wind]