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to wind up
to wind up
1. transitive. To draw up or hoist with a winch or the like: cf. 19.
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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.
absolute.1846 Bentley's Misc. Dec. 555 Walk down stream with him and wind up as fast as you can. He's a fine fish, and shows excellent sport.
2.
a. †To bind or wrap up (obsolete); see also 16 (quot. 1853 at sense 16a).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]
bewindOE
writheOE
windc1175
bewrap?c1225
lapa1300
umbelaya1300
umbeweave1338
wlappec1380
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wrapa1382
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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.
b. figurative. To involve, implicate. Cf. sense 16c. Obsolete.In quot. 1647 apparently = ‘to have included in one's nature’; so in quot. 16742 intransitive for passive = ‘to be included’.
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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.
a. To coil, roll, or fold up; to furl: cf. sense 15b. Obsolete except as in sense 16b(b).
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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).
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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.
a. To gather up the points of (a discourse) in a compact statement by way of conclusion; to sum up. Obsolete.
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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.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)]
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abatec1300
finec1300
endc1305
finisha1375
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
b. In reference to the strings of a musical instrument (see sense 20a); figurative to put in tune.
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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.
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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.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
akeleOE
restOE
comfort1303
ease1330
quickc1350
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refresha1382
refetec1384
restorec1384
affilea1393
enforcec1400
freshc1405
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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
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dretchc900
awhenec1000
teenOE
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angerc1400
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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’.
7. Nautical. intransitive and transitive. See quots., and cf. senses 8, 19b (b). Obsolete.
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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)
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