wind up

verbs

finally be or do something

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

end up, fetch up, finish, finish up, land up, wind up

is derived from

windup

give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching

wind up

domain category

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

baseball, baseball game

is a type of (narrower)

move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

"He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"

swing

stimulate sexually

"This movie usually arouses the male audience"

arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

"wind your watch"

wind, wind up