单词 | wind up |
释义 | > as lemmasto wind up to wind up 1. transitive. To draw up or hoist with a winch or the like: cf. 19. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > lifting or hoisting equipment to wind upc1275 windc1440 sling1522 crane1570 hoise1573 pulley1581 tackle1711 lewis1837 teagle1841 to jack up1853 windlass1870 whorl1886 luff1913 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise by mechanical instrument > with a winch, crank, etc. to wind upc1275 winch1529 upwind1600 parbuckle1768 crank1883 whorl1886 to turn up1911 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15277 Heo wunden up seiles to coppe. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14564 Crosses, belles, men haue founden, In welles, in watres, vp haue wounden. a1400 Coer de L. 3955 The Sarezynes..Her brygges wounden up in haste. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) viii. 11 Folke come to feche and wynde up water at that well. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 67 b He..went to the see and made to winde up the sayle. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 782/2 Wynde up the crane faster. 1580 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 470 We brought a cable vnder her sterne, and with our capstaine did winde vp her sterne. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn4/2 Let me see thy hand, this was neere made to wash or wind up water. 1793 Earl of Dundonald Descr. Estate Culross 55 The adoption of..Steam Engines to wind up the Coals from the pits. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 124 A rope wrapped about it to wind up the sacks of corn. 2. a. †To bind or wrap up (obsolete); see also 16 (quot. 1853 at sense 16a). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind up or together forbindc897 bindc1000 to-knita1300 truss1340 louka1393 to knit up1509 to wind up?1533 upbind1590 pinion1608 abligate1615 fillet1633 ligament1659 ligature1716 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Hiv To wynde vp, housser. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xxx. 21 Behold it is not wound up, that health might be restored to it. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts v. 6. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 67 The Sea-Nimphes..Learning of Fisher-men to knit a net, Wherein to wynde vp their disheuel'd hayres. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 61 Winde vp the slaine, with each a..bullet at their heads and feet to make them sinke. 1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee 72 The spider doth winde up, and truss up the Fly, being come into its cobweb. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > incorporate or include [verb (transitive)] > implicitly carry1581 implicate1602 to wind upa1616 enwrap1642 enfold1646 involve1646 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 276 Winding vp Dayes with toyle, and Nights with sleepe. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 41 Whatever man winds up, that Rupert hath. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 127 Well may one motion, of one sort, after sinking into its spring, or being wown up in it, be..brought on again to a kind of quickness. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 187 So little of boundedness to winde up in. 1784 New Spectator No. 13 My happiness is wound up in thine. 1819 W. S. Rose Lett. from N. Italy II. 96 [They] imagined that her life was wound up in his. a1821 J. Keats Otho i. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 125 I am wound up in deep astonishment! 1841 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. IX. lxix. 138 His political existence was thenceforth wound up with the success of Russia in the German war. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up wrapa1375 roll?a1425 wind?1523 to roll together1525 to roll up1530 fold1561 to wind up1590 furdel1594 to fold up1621 uproll1623 furla1657 telescope1844 concertina1891 accordion1897 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K8 His huge long tayle wownd vp in hundred foldes. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. v. 7 After such bloody toile, we..woon'd our tott'ring colours clearly vp. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1721) I. 269 He..wound up his Hair with his Hands, and put on a White Cap. 1759 R. Brown Compl. Farmer 35 See that the wool be well wound up. b. To coil (thread, etc.) into a compact mass (cf. 15): chiefly in †to wind up a bottom or one's bottoms (bottom n. 24), usually figurative to sum up, conclude (cf. sense 7d). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] enda1340 finisha1400 conclude1526 to get through1589 get1594 dispatcha1616 to shut up1626 to wind up1631 finale1797 to top off1836 to top up1837 through1894 to roll up1963 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (intransitive)] > wind reelc1400 spool1603 to wind up1631 quill1825 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > make summary or epitome [verb (intransitive)] suma1398 abstract1596 epitome1596 to wind upa1766 summarize1808 to sum up1899 1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xlvi. §499 Off a reele clewes or bottomes of threads are winded vp and web is made. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 46 Wind up your bottome. 1652 E. Peyton Divine Catastrophe Stuarts 138 I have raveled out the peeces, to winde up this bottome. 1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II Pref. p. xli But, to wind up my Bottoms [etc.]. a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1770) IV. 27 That would be tipping the spire, and winding up her bottoms with a witness. 1773 C. Dibdin Deserter i. i. 2 I'll give you, while I wind up this bottom and another, and you shan't find it out. 4. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Xiij v To winde vp all in a short conclusion, [etc.]. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 88 To Winde vp all in briefe. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. iii. 9 Be pleas'd to dispense with the prolixity of this discours, for I could not wind it up closer, nor on a lesser bottom. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables Pref. B 1 b I shall now Wind up what I have to say. 1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 78 I wind up all in a full conviction within my own breast,..that [etc.]. b. †To make up as the conclusion or final scene (obsolete); to bring to a close or conclusion; to form the conclusion of, be the final event in. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] yendc1000 abatec1300 finec1300 endc1305 finisha1375 definec1384 terminec1390 achievea1393 out-enda1400 terminate?a1425 conclude1430 close1439 to bring adowna1450 terma1475 adetermine1483 determine1483 to knit up1530 do1549 parclose1558 to shut up1575 expire1578 date1589 to close up1592 period1595 includea1616 apostrophate1622 to wind off1650 periodizea1657 dismiss1698 to wind up1740 to put the lid on1873 to put the tin hat on something1900 to wash up1925 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 17 I shall be better directed in what manner to wind up the Catastrophe of the pretty Novel. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xii. 65 To wind up the last scene of thy tragedy, Cruelty and Cowardice..shall strike together at all thy infirmities and mistakes. 1821 W. Scott Dryden's Wks. VIII. 454 The moral, by which the whole Masque is winded up, was sadly true. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. vii. 118 Her ladyship was winding up the day with her accustomed bottle of soda-water. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xliv. 398 Sobs and tears wound up the sentence in a storm. 1912 World 7 May 685/1 An evening party on Saturday wound up the season's entertaining. c. To put in order and settle (an affair) with the view of bringing it to an end; to bring to a final settlement; spec. to arrange and adjust the affairs of (a company or business concern) on its dissolution; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion finec1300 finisha1375 concludec1430 determine1483 to wind off1650 parclose1667 to wind up1780 eventuate1816 to round out1856 mop1859 to wrap up1922 the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > specific matters of any kind engross1430 redd?a1513 convene1521 to set a stay1538 solute1560 set1605 to wind up1780 arrange1837 square1853 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] > bring to a final settlement to wind up1780 to roll up1963 1780 Mirror No. 97. ⁋7 Some company concerns to be wound up, or some bottomry-accompt to be adjusted. 1794 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 458 I have some affairs in London which I wish to wind up. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lviii. 579 It was understood that the affairs of the House were to be wound up as they best could be. 1875 Economist 30 Jan. 131/2 The Master of the Rolls has made an order to wind-up, and has appointed Mr. John Smith..official liquidator. 1877 S. O. Jewett Deephaven 213 He was trading up to Parsonsfield, and business run down, so he wound up there, and thought he'd make a new start. 1924 J. W. Mackail in Proc. Classical Assoc. 13 The Association was never formally wound up and still technically existed. d. absol. or intransitive. To bring the proceeding to a close; to come to a close; to conclude with something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > make an end, finish up, or conclude have done!c1300 conclude1526 dispatcha1616 period1628 finale1797 to wind up1825 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to top off1836 finish1878 finalize1922 to drop the flag1925 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 185 And a dish of maccaroni to wind up with. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 303 One of the little boys wound up by expressing his opinion that ‘George began to think himself quite a man now..’. 1855 C. Dickens Let. 24 May (1993) VII. 631 I want to wind up with that popular farce. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 329 An extreme amount of fever, winding up with delirium on the fifth day. e. intransitive. Of a person, etc.: to end up, to finish up (in a certain place or condition); to find oneself eventually. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > end up or finish up eventually to wind up1918 society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] > end up (in a certain place) to wind up1918 land1958 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive > finish up at a place to wind up1918 land1958 1918 V. Woolf Diary 28 Jan. (1977) I. 115 I went to have my tooth finished, winding up for tea at the Club. 1921 E. O'Neill Emperor Jones i. 155 When I gits a chance to use it I winds up Emperor in two years. 1942 W. Stevens Let. 2 Oct. (1966) 421 The same reasons would prevent her from marrying as long as the war goes on, and..she may wind up as an old maid. 1952 P. G. Wodehouse Barmy in Wonderland iii. 29 Men who own hotels always wind up in the breadline with holes in their socks. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 3/1 Canada has made no written request that military equipment sent to the United States should not wind up in Vietnam. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 9/2 Somebody who wants to get away from it all is likely to wind up in a chalet in a Heidilike village on a mountain. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 111/1 Many of these forays..wind up involving mayhem or destruction of property. 5. a. In reference to a watch, etc.: see sense 20b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > set setc1400 temper1538 roll1583 rule1595 winda1616 to wind upa1616 to set forwarda1627 to set back1635 regulate1665 to put back1704 to put forward1741 to put on1826 time1873 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > operate mechanism [verb (transitive)] > wind up to wind upa1616 wheel1632 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 58 I frowne the while, and perchance winde vp my watch. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 41 Gladly he would have interrupted her,..but the Jacke was woond up, and downe it must. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. xix. 137 These Mathematicall Engines cannot be so easily and speedily wound up, and so certainly levelled as the other may. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 125 A Watch or a Jack, by being only wown up [etc.]. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶17 Another Puppet, which by the Help of several little Springs to be wound up within it, could move all its Limbs. 1761 C. Churchill Night 5 Wound up at twelve, at noon, his clock goes right, Mine better goes, wound up at twelve at night. 1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls ii. 148 Climbing a ladder to wind up an old clock. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > bring into agreement or harmony concile1398 commune1423 agree1532 concord1548 conciliate1573 square1578 concent1596 tally1607 to wind up1608 accommodate1609 adjust1611 conform1646 reconcilea1672 attune1744 harmonize1767 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)] > tune strings wresta1000 straina1387 string1530 to set down1565 wrench1577 to wind up1608 wind1612 to screw up1625 to set up1643 screw1657 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxi. 14 The vntund and hurrying sences, O wind vp Of this child changed father. 1645 E. Waller Chloris & Hilas i. Poems 157 Winde up the slack'ned strings of thy Lute. c. In reference to a motor vehicle: to close (the window) by rotating a handle. Cf. wind down at sense 20b above. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > become closed (of a door, window, etc.) > close a window by winding handle to wind up1970 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > open or close window roll1926 to wind down1961 to wind up1970 1970 H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote breaks Egg ii. 16 He slowly wound up the window of his big car. 1971 P. D. James Shroud for Nightingale i. 16 She wound up the car window and stepped on the accelerator. 6. figurative. To set in readiness for action; to raise (feeling) to a high degree; now usually, to put into a state of tension or intensity of feeling, etc.; also, to annoy, to provoke deliberately (colloquial); to excite; to brace up; in Horse Racing slang, to put (a race-horse) into fit condition for running. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] akeleOE restOE comfort1303 ease1330 quickc1350 recurea1382 refresha1382 refetec1384 restorec1384 affilea1393 enforcec1400 freshc1405 revigour?a1425 recomfortc1425 recreatec1425 quicken?c1430 revive1442 cheerc1443 refection?c1450 refect1488 unweary1530 freshen1532 corroborate1541 vige?c1550 erect?1555 recollect?1560 repose1562 respite1565 rouse1574 requicken1576 animate1585 enlive1593 revify1598 inanimate1600 insinew1600 to wind up1602 vigorize1603 inspiritc1610 invigour1611 refocillate1611 revigorate1611 renovate1614 spriten1614 repaira1616 activate1624 vigour1636 enliven1644 invigorate1646 rally1650 reinvigorate1652 renerve1652 to freshen up1654 righta1656 re-enlivena1660 recruita1661 enlighten1667 revivify1675 untire1677 reanimate1694 stimulate1759 rebrace1764 refreshen1780 brisken1799 irrigate1823 tonic1825 to fresh up1835 ginger1844 spell1846 recuperate1849 binge1854 tone1859 innerve1880 fiercen1896 to tone up1896 to buck up1909 pep1912 to zip up1927 to perk up1936 to zizz up1944 hep1948 to zing up1948 juice1964 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > put into a state of tension [verb (transitive)] to wind up1602 winda1635 strain1667 string1860 tensify1869 wire1974 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person > a person or his attributes for an effort before-girda1382 gird1592 muster1598 to wind up1602 to gather up1617 stringa1771 screw1821 clench1842 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > put horse into fit condition for racing to wind up1871 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H3v Straine all your wits, winde vp inuention Vnto his highest bent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 35 Peace, the Charme's wound vp. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. ii, in Wks. I. 589 His Knights reformados are wound vp as high, and insolent, as euer they were. View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 269 Having wound him up with good chear. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) ii. 136 These blind..Powers must be..perpetually woond up by an Hand of Power and Counsel. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. ii. 20 My passions are so wound up, that I am obliged either to laugh or cry. 1761 O. Goldsmith Mem. Voltaire in Lady's Mag. Feb. 290 Voltaire seemed wound up to no other pursuit than that of poetry. 1761 O. Goldsmith Mem. Voltaire in Lady's Mag. May 434 Our poet was at last wound up to the height of expectation. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vii. 176 He had wound himself up to the last pitch of expectation. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxiii. 294 Ladies of fashion use it constantly to wind themselves up, when reduced to a little below par. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia (1904) iv. 126/2 It is not at all easy (humanly speaking) to wind up an Englishman to a dogmatic level. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 197 There's one that's what we call wound up: going to run next week in a big handicap. 1880 A. H. Huth Life & Writings H. T. Buckle II. 257 Mr. Buckle's interjections come in very usefully to help Mr. Glennie along, and wind him up again, as it were, when he has run down. 1979 Time Out 30 Nov. 11/2 The kids are proud of the successful thieving they have done, and though they'll ‘wind you up’ (take the piss) as much as they can, the conversation becomes deadly serious on certain topics. 1984 Sunday Times 26 Feb. 10/5 They started winding her up, which is not difficult since she does not have a great sense of humour. 1985 Times 11 Jan. 3/6 When he heard the car horn sound and saw the car lights flash at his window he thought his neighbour was ‘trying to wind me up’. 1987 Match 21 Mar. 5/1 All he kept saying was ‘boss, you're kidding me, boss you're winding me up’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > turn in a particular direction wendc1325 wind1613 to wind up1633 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > swing (in specific way) at anchor twive1576 to wind up1633 tend1769 to break her sheer1794 tail1849 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 10 This Anker had neuer bin able to winde vp the Ship. 1639 High Court of Admiralty Exam. (P.R.O.) 18 Oct. 55 It being upon wyndeinge upp of the tide. [Cf. quot. 1691.] 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 115 The ship winds-up, that is, when she comes to ride by her Anchor. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lv Ships..have Water enough to wind up with the Tide of flood. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) wind up Usually wind up (see to wind up 5 at Phrasal verbs); occasionally wind down, to cause to stop.extracted from windv.1< as lemmas |
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