Found 1 hit - Term: to wind up, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wind \wind\, v. t. imp. p. p. wound wound rarely
winded; p. pr. vb. n. winding. oe. winden, as.
windan; akin to os. windan, d. g. winden, ohg. wintan,
icel. sw. vinda, dan. vinde, goth. windan in comp.. cf.
wander, wend.
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1. to turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
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whether to wind
the woodbine round this arbor. --milton.
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2. to entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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sleep, and i will wind thee in arms. --shak.
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3. to have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
govern. "to turn and wind a fiery pegasus." --shak.
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in his terms so he would him wind. --chaucer.
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gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
and wind all other witnesses. --herrick.
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were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
--addison.
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4. to introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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you have contrived . . . to wind
yourself into a power tyrannical. --shak.
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little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
such things into discourse. --gov. of
tongue.
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5. to cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
wind a rope with twine.
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to wind off, to unwind; to uncoil.
to wind out, to extricate. obs. --clarendon.
to wind up.
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.
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see also:
wound winded winding wander wend to wind off
to wind out to wind up
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