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Verb
S:
(v)
finish up
,
land up
,
fetch up
,
end up
,
wind up
,
finish
(finally be or do something)
"He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
S:
(v)
wind up
(give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching)
S:
(v)
arouse
,
sex
,
excite
,
turn on
,
wind up
(stimulate sexually)
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
S:
(v)
wind
,
wind up
(coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem)
"wind your watch"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
aroused
,
wound up
(brought to a state of great tension)
"all wound up for a fight"
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