Meaning of the word wind up

заводиться, заводить, ликвидировать, ликвидироваться, завершать, наматывать

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- донести себя, оказаться в каком-л. состоянии, положении и т. п.

to wind up in jail — в конце концов оказаться в тюрьме 
wound up to a fury — взвинченный до бешенства 
he was wound up to a high pitch of excitement — он был страшно взвинчен 
he wound up drunk — он кончил тем, что напился 

- готовиться к чему-л.

he is winding himself up for an effort /to do it/ — он настраивает себя на это дело 

- заканчивать, заключать, завершать

to wind up a meeting — закрыть собрание 
how does the story wind up? — чем кончается рассказ? 
he wound up (his speech) by declaring … — в заключение (своей речи) он заявил … 
it is time he wound up his speech — оратору пора бы закругляться 

- ликвидировать

to wind up company — ликвидировать компанию 

- ликвидироваться

the company winds up — компания ликвидируется 

- подводить итог, выводить сальдо

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

to wind up a spring — закручивать пружину  
to wind up a watch — заводить часы  
wind up a business — ликвидировать предприятие, дело  
to get the wind up, to get cold feet — сл. сдрейфить, струсить  
to wind up — навивать  
to wind up the company — ликвидировать компанию  
to wind up accounts — закрыть счета, вывести сальдо по счетам  
wind up a clock — завести часы  
wind up speech by declaring… — в заключение своего выступления заявить…  
have the wind up — перепугаться; трусить  

Примеры с переводом

I’m afraid he’s wound up. 

Боюсь, что он завёлся, и теперь его не остановишь.

I think it’s time to wind up this meeting. 

Думаю, что пора закрывать заседание.

Can you think of a good joke I can use to wind up my speech? 

Ты знаешь какой-нибудь хороший анекдот, чтобы закончить им мое выступление?

You know you’re going to wind up in court over this. 

Вы же знаете, что рано или поздно вам придётся отвечать за это в суде.

…her speeches usually wind up with one last joke… 

…ее выступления, как правило, завершаются шуткой…

OK, just to wind up, could I summarize what we’ve decided? 

Итак, в завершение, разрешите мне подытожить наши решения.

Try to wind up the performance, as we’re almost out of time. 

Постарайтесь закончить выступление, так как у нас почти не осталось времени.

The threat of legal action will be enough to put the wind up them. 

Угрозы судебных исков будет достаточно, чтобы нагнать на них страху.

Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy. 

Ещё один такой раскол, и они окажутся банкротами.

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As you might imagine, genetically altering the world’s entire rat population might wind up being a pretty big problem.



Как вы можете себе представить, генетическая модификация может оказаться довольно большой проблемой для мировой популяции крыс.


It was just so interesting that people would go searching for a recipe and somehow wind up on our site.



Это было так интересно, что люди начали искать рецепт и каким-то образом оказаться на нашем сайте.


I think it’s time to wind up this meeting.


The fact is that people who work the hardest do not wind up rich.



Это же факт, что люди, которые наиболее тяжело работают, не окажутся богатыми.


Then I might wind up with something like you.



Ну, я вероятно, остался бы с кем-то вроде тебя.


They wind up getting less help.



Это приводит к тому, что они начинают получать меньше помощи.


Some who play well wind up making money through it.



Некоторые из тех, кто играет хорошо, заканчивают тем, что зарабатывают на этом.


If not, they may wind up playing against you.



Если нет, то это не помешает вам сыграть в игру, которая перед вами.


This can wind up making your flight very uncomfortable.



Вы понимаете, что это может сделать ваш полет менее комфортно.


Some of them may wind up voting against her.



Возможно, часть из них откажется от голосования в ее пользу.


Your values and decision-making wind up skewed.



Ваши ценности и процесс принятия решений, в конечном счете, искажены.


You’ll wind up sleeping together.


‘Cause you wind up crying over centrifuges.


Let me wind up before we move to a vote.



Перед тем, как перейти к сегодняшнему дню, давайте проведем голосование.


They wind up lost among the other songs.



Они проигрывают в сравнении с другими песнями.


It’s no wonder that some of them wind up back in prison.


Once the testing is done, you will wind up with a lot of data.



Когда тест завершится, вы получите доступ к большому количеству данных.


I think this is when parents really wind up spending a lot of money.



Но вместе с тем, это обязует родителей тратить большое количество денег.


Today about 20% of our customers wind up speaking with us on the phone for some reason.



Сегодня около 20% наших клиентов в итоге звонят нам по телефону по той или иной причине.


You may wind up scaring them from their current food source, and in your house.



Вы можете в конечном итоге испугать их из своего нынешнего источника пищи и в свой дом.

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wind

1. informal A hint, suggestion, or rumor about something. Used especially with the verb «get.» We’ve gotten wind that our competitors are working on some new kind of smart screen technology. Don’t let the boss catch wind of what you’re doing, or you’ll be fired for sure!

2. informal Intestinal gas; flatulence. It is quite rude to pass wind so openly when in the company of others! I try to avoid eating food with lots of garlic. It tends to give me wind.

wind up

1. verb To tighten the spring inside an item or device, as by twisting a knob. A noun or pronoun can be used between «wind» and «up.» Let me try winding up your watch—maybe that will get it going again.

2. verb To twist or coil something (around a particular surface or thing). A noun or pronoun can be used between «wind» and «up.» The cat will keep playing with that yarn, unless you wind it up on the spool.

3. verb To cause someone or something to become more animated. A noun or pronoun can be used between «wind» and «up.» Please don’t wind the kids up right before bedtime.

4. verb To come to an end. The party wound up earlier than I’d expected, and I was in bed by 11.

5. verb To conclude something. A noun or pronoun can be used between «wind» and «up.» I was completely exhausted and decided to wind up the party early. Wind it up, guys. We need to get going.

6. verb To cause someone to become anxious or agitated. A noun or pronoun can be used between «wind» and «up.» Quit watching the news—it always winds you up.

7. verb To cause someone to talk for a long time and with enthusiasm about a topic they are passionate about. A noun or pronoun can be used between «wind» and «up.» Shakespeare just winds her up—she could talk about his tragedies for hours.

8. verb To settle or resolve something. After I inherited all that money, I tried to wind up some of my outstanding debts.

9. verb To reach a certain place or state. I didn’t plan to go to the grocery store—I just wound up there after running some other errands. Few inventors wind up having the kind of success you’re hoping for.

10. verb To twist or contort one’s body in preparation for an athletic maneuver (as of a pitcher in baseball). As I watch their pitcher wind up, I can’t help but wonder if he’s injured. I saw her winding up to hit him, so I tried to intervene before she did.

11. noun The act of twisting or contorting one’s body in preparation for an athletic maneuver (as of a pitcher in baseball). As a noun, the phrase is usually hyphenated («wind-up»). Look at their pitcher’s wind-up—do you think he’s injured?

wind up (by) (doing something)

1. To take some course of action, perhaps reluctantly. Thanks to bad weather, we wound up by leaving our beach house ahead of schedule.

2. To conclude something with a particular action. Well, as usual, our family wound up by having a big fight after Thanksgiving dinner.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

wind something (up) (into something)

to coil something up into a ball or similar shape. Tony wound all the string up into a ball. Wind up the string into a ball. Please wind this into a ball.

wind someone up

 

1. Inf. Fig. to get someone excited. That kind of music really winds me up!

2. . Inf. Fig. to get someone set to do a lot of talking. (Fig. on winding up a clock.) The excitement of the day wound Kelly up and she talked almost all night. A good movie tends to wind me up for a while.

wind something up

 

1. Lit. to tighten the spring in something, such as a watch or a clock. Please wind your watch up now—before it runs down. Wind up your watch before you forget.

2. Fig. to conclude something. Today we’ll wind that deal up with the bank. I have a few items of business to wind up. Then I’ll be with you.

wind up (as) something

to end up as something. Roger wound up as a millionaire. He thought he would wind up a pauper.

wind up

(somewhere) Go to end up (somewhere).

wind up

somehow to end up in some fashion. I don’t want to wind up broke and depressed. You don’t want to wind up like Ted, do you?

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

wind up

1. Come or bring to a finish, as in The party was winding up, so we decided to leave, or Let’s wind up the meeting and get back to work. [Early 1800s] Also see wind down.

2. Put in order, settle, as in She had to wind up her affairs before she could move. [Late 1700s]

3. Arrive somewhere following a course of action, end up, as in We got lost and wound up in another town altogether, or If you’re careless with your bank account, you can wind up overdrawn. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

wind up

v.

1. To coil the spring of some mechanism completely by turning a stem or cord, for example: I wound up my alarm clock. If you wind this toy soldier up, it will march across the floor.

2. To coil something completely, as onto a spool or into a ball: He wound the excess string up into a ball. She wound up the cable around the rod.

3. To come to a finish; end: The meeting wound up at 9:00.

4. To bring something to a finish; end something: We need to wind up this project before January. This card game is fun, but let’s wind it up before dinner.

5. To put something in order; settle something: She wound up her affairs before leaving the country.

6. To arrive in some place or situation after or because of a course of action: I took a long walk and wound up at the edge of town. If you spend too much money now, you’ll wind up in debt.

7. To distress or perturb someone or something mentally or emotionally: Seeing those awful newspaper headlines really winds me up. The students are getting wound up about all the homework they have.

8. To twist the body in preparation to throw or hit: The soccer player wound up and shot the ball into the net.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

See also:

  • fix on
  • fix on (someone or something)
  • berp
  • berps
  • burp
  • burps
  • cross over
  • cook out
  • going to
  • fall out
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3 формы глагола wind up

Английский глагол wind up [wɪnd ʌp], переводится как: заводиться, заводить.
Входит в группы:
фразовые глаголы.

3 формы глагола wind up: Infinitive (wind up), Past Simple — (wound up), Past Participle — (wound up).

📚 Глагол wind up имеет значения: ликвидировать, ликвидироваться, завершать, наматывать.

👉 Формы глагола wind up в настоящем и прошедшем времени 2-я и 3-я форма.
❓ Как будет wind up в прошедшем времени past simple.

Три формы глагола wind up

Base Form Past Simple Past Participle Перевод
wind up [wɪnd ʌp]

wound up [wuːnd ʌp]

wound up [wuːnd ʌp]

 заводиться, заводить

Как поставить wind up во 2-ю и 3-ю форму?

🎓 Как поставить глагол wind up в Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect?

👉 Всё очень просто, в этих временах прошедшего, будущего и совершённого времени, в английском используются 2я и 3я форма глагола:

  • First form (V1) — wind up. (Present simple, Future Simple)
  • Second form (V2) —
    wound up.

    (Past simple)

  • Third form (V3) —
    wound up.

    (Present perfect, Past perfect)

Как поставить wind up в past simple?

Если вы не совсем поняли какую форму для wind up нужно использовать в прошедшем времени, будет:
wind up в past simple — wound up.

What is the past tense of wind up?

The past tense of wind up is wound up.

The past participle of wind up is wound up.

Временные формы глагола — Verb Tenses

Past simple — wind up в past simple, будет wound up.
(V2)

Future simple — wind up в future simple будет wind up. (will + V1)

Present Perfect — wind up в present perfect будет
wound up.
(havehas + V3)

Past Perfect — wind up в past perfect будет
wound up.

(had + V3)

Правильный или неправильный глагол wind up?

👉 Правильный это глагол ли нет? Глагол wind up это .

Примеры применения глагола wind up

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    Let me try winding up your watch — Дай мне попробовать завести твои часы
    (Present Continuous)

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    The cat will keep playing with that yarn, unless you wind it up on the spool — Кошка будет продолжать играть с этой пряжей, если вы не намотаете ее на катушку
    (Future Simple)

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    Please don’t wind the kids up right before bedtime — Пожалуйста, не развлекайте детей прямо перед сном
    (Present Simple)

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    The party wound up earlier than I’d expected — Вечеринка закончилась раньше, чем я ожидал
    (Past Simple)

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    I was completely exhausted and decided to wind up the party early — Я был совершенно измотан и решил досрочно завершить вечеринку
    (Past Simple)

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    Quit watching the news—it always winds you up — Перестань смотреть новости — это всегда заводит тебя
    (Present Simple)

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    After I inherited all that money, I tried to wind up some of my outstanding debts — После того, как я унаследовал все эти деньги, я попытался погасить некоторые из моих не погашенных долгов
    (Past Simple)

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    I saw her winding up to hit him — Я видел, как она собиралась ударить его
    (Past Continuous)

Вместе с wind up, часто смотрят глаголы

compose

and excite.

Глаголы на букву:

r,

d,

u,

c,

m,

p,

b,

w,

h,

a,

e,

g,

s,

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j,

l,

t,

f,

o,

n,

k,

i,

v,

y,
z.

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wind up

1. заводить(ся)

This man is specially employed to wind up the crowd ready to be influenced by our speaker.

Don’t get so wound up, there’s nothing to get excited or nervous about!

2. приводить в порядок

Fred wound up his business and personal affairs before joining the Navy.

She had to wind up her affairs before she could move.

3. заключить, завершить, закончить

Today we’ll wind that deal up with the bank.

I have a few items of business to wind up; then I’ll be with you.

Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов.
2013.

Смотреть что такое «wind up» в других словарях:

  • Wind — von etwas bekommen (kriegen): heimlich davon erfahren, eine Ahnung von etwas haben.{{ppd}}    Die Redensart stammt aus der Jägersprache. Das Wild bekommt vom Jäger Wind, d.h. ›Witterung‹; der Wind bringt seiner feinen Nase den Geruch des Jägers… …   Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

  • Wind — (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to breathe hard …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wind — wind1 [wīnd] vt. wound or Rare winded, winding [ME winden < OE windan, akin to ON vinda, Ger winden < IE base * wendh , to turn, wind, twist > Arm gind, a ring] 1. a) to turn, or make revolve [to wind a crank] b) to move by or as if by… …   English World dictionary

  • Wind It Up — Single par Gwen Stefani extrait de l’album The Sweet Escape Sortie 31 octobre 2006 (Amérique du Nord) décembre 2006(monde) Enregistrement 2005 Durée 3:09 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wind It Up — Veröffentlichung März 1993 Länge 4:33 (Album) 3:29 (Single Edit) Genre(s) Big Beat, Breakcore Autor(en) Liam Howlett …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wind — Ⅰ. wind [1] ► NOUN 1) the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current blowing from a particular direction. 2) breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, playing an instrument, etc. 3) Brit. air swallowed while …   English terms dictionary

  • wind — wind, breeze, gale, hurricane, zephyr are comparable rather than synonymous terms that can all basically mean air in motion. Wind is the general term referable to any sort of natural motion whatever its degree of velocity or of force {a strong… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Wind it up — «Wind it Up» Sencillo de Gwen Stefani del álbum The Sweet Escape Formato CD, sencillo físico Descarga digital disco de vinilo Grabación 2005 Género(s) Pop …   Wikipedia Español

  • Wind — Wind: Das gemeingerm. Substantiv mhd. wint, ahd. wind, got. winds, engl. wind, schwed. vind gehört mit Entsprechungen in anderen idg. Sprachen zu der unter ↑ wehen dargestellten idg. Wurzel, vgl. z. B. tochar. A wänt »Wind«, lat. ventus »Wind« (↑ …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Wind’It — is a wind power implantation concept, developed by the French design office Elioth with the architects team Encore Heureux. Principle Wind It s principle is simple : using electricity pylons to host wind turbines. Those wind turbines would be… …   Wikipedia

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wind up — перевод на русский

/wɪnd ʌp/

You create an image of a father, technical manager, an honest town councillor… and you wind up with a dopey skirt-chaser!

Все об этом говорят. Его представили как семейного человека, технического директора, честного труженика… а он оказался мерзавцем, связавшимся с итальянской официанткой!

I’m the one who wound up in Bellevue.

Эй, это я тот, кто оказался в Бельвью (психушке).

And we start with the locket and how it wound up on my desk.

Начнём с медальона и с того, как он оказался на моём столе.

I have no idea how it wound up in my hands.

У меня нет ни единого представления о том, как он оказался у меня.

Last time I trusted you, I wound up in the dryer with a pillowcase full of bees, so-

Последний раз, когда я тебе поверил, я оказался в сушилке с коробкой полной пчел, так что…

Показать ещё примеры для «оказался»…

But I wound up here and… I struggled!

Но когда я попал сюда мне было тяжело.

Wound up on a boat cruising the Mediterranean.

Попал на вечеринку на катере, прогуливающемся по Средиземному морю.

How did you wind up on TV?

Как ты попал на телевидение?

How did I wind up in Italy in a basket, floating down a river?

Хорошо как я попал в Италию в карзине плывущей по реке?

she kissed me, and I had a freakin’ heart attack, and I wound up in the hospital.

У меня был сердечный приступ, и я попал в больницу. Знаю.

Показать ещё примеры для «попал»…

my father-in-law may wind up in prison because I tried to do my job, which I don’t even believe in now.

мой тесть можете закончить в тюрьме потому, что я пытался выполнять свою работу, в которую я даже не верю теперь.

You want to wind up like that?

Ты тоже хочешь так закончить?

I don’t want to wind up like Kojima.

— Я не хочу закончить, как Кодзима.

I don’t want to be your age and wind up like you.

Я не хочу дожить до твоих лет и закончить как ты.

And you ain’t gonna rat me out neither, ’cause you don’t wanna get a snitch jacket and wind up shanked in the showers.

И также ты не сдашь меня, потому что не захочешь прослыть стукачём и закончить, валяясь с заточкой под ребром.

Показать ещё примеры для «закончить»…

Plenty of fog, no moon, looks like no dice and suddenly he winds up in the lake here with a doctor for you.

Густой туман, луны не видать, и вдруг он внезапно оказывается здесь с врачом для тебя.

The guy dies or he winds up in jail.

Парень либо погибает, либо оказывается в тюрьме.

Anything new that wanders into this house winds up in the stew pot.

Все новое, что попадает в этот дом, оказывается в кастрюле с тушеным мясом.

First he lawyers up on us, now he winds up with one in the back of the head?

Сначала он требует адвоката, а теперь оказывается здесь с пулей в затылке?

Colonel Cox in his infinite wisdom tells you about Magpie, next thing we know, our asset’s head winds up in a box.

Стоило полковнику Коксу в его нескончаемой мудрости поведать вам о Сороке, как тут же голова нашего агента оказывается в ящике.

Показать ещё примеры для «оказывается»…

She kept changing to the wrong train… and finally wound up here again this morning.

Она пересела не в тот поезд, и в итоге сегодня утром опять появилась здесь.

And the great conversationalist over here, that’s me, winds up picking up the tab.

И великолепный собеседник, это я, в итоге заплатит по счёту!

And they never know which side they’re gonna wind up on.

И они никогда не знают, на какой стороне в итоге окажутся.

After all, we all wind up in the same place.

Ведь в итоге все приходят к одному и тому же.

To interfere, even with the best of intentions, and have you misjudge your capacities ’cause you rely on some mechanical contraption and wind up hurting yourself would be a poor use indeed of my very limited skills.

Начнешь, желая сделать, как лучше, а в итоге ты пострадаешь из-за переоценки моих способностей. Разработка механического устройства одназночно не лучший способ применения моих крайне скромных познаний.

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Then inevitably wound up as a stockbroker.

И неизбежно стал биржевым брокером.

Oh, and now you’re wondering how i wound up as a lowly tax collector.

А теперь тебе интересно, почему я стал несчастным налоговым инспектором?

And the lists wound up in evidence.

А список стал уликой.

Manchester was one of the first settlers and wound up becoming their leader by default.

Манчестер был здесь одним из первых поселенцев и стал местным лидером по умолчанию.

-Because that’s how you wind up… .

— Потому что можно стать такой, как…

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That’s why you’re all wound up.

Ты устал, поэтому так взвинчен.

Needless to say, I was pretty wound up.

Я был очень взвинчен.

He was so wound up as if someone had been on at him, goading him.

Он был так взвинчен как будто кто-то настроил его против.

You were a little wound up yesterday, but I thought you were just being you.

Вчера ты был слегка взвинчен. Но ты ведь всегда себя ведешь. О чём ты?

You’re so wound up.

Ты слишком взвинчен.

Показать ещё примеры для «взвинчен»…

He’s gonna be all wound up.

А то он будет на взводе.

Just landed in Normandy and all wound up.

Лишь приземлился в Нормандии и уже был на взводе.

— All wound up.

– Весь на взводе.

You are wound up about this interview, aren’t you?

Ты на взводе из-за интервью, да?

You’re all wound up.

Ты вся на взводе.

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And the worst part is, after the movie he leeched onto us we wound up having coffee with him for two hours.

И самое плохое в том, что после кино он увязался за нами кончилось тем, что мы два часа пили с ним кофе.

All wes wanted to do was serve his country, and he wound up being used as a pawn.

Все, что хотел Уэс, это служить своей стране, а кончилось тем, что его просто использовали

The whole thing. He wound up in the funny farm instead of prison.

А кончилось все веселой фермой вместо тюрьмы

Anyway, I wind up losing my virginity to the guy…

В общем, кончилось тем, что я потеряла девственность с этим парнем…

And we’d wind up back here.

На том бы все и кончилось.

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Cos once Abby got wound up, nothing would have…stopped her.

Потому что как только Эбби завелась, ничего не может… остановить ее.

..cos once Abby got wound up, nothing would have…stopped her.

Потому что как только Эбби завелась, ничего не может… остановить ее.

She’s really wound up about the Flightmare.

Она очень завелась из-за Страхолёта.

I did wind up wanting to sleep with them.

Я реально завелась, когда хотела спать с ними.

That’s how wound up she is, no objectivity.

Вон как завелась, никакой объективности.

Показать ещё примеры для «завелась»…

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /waɪnd ˈʌp/

Noun[edit]

wind up (plural wind ups)

  1. Alternative form of wind-up

Verb[edit]

wind up (third-person singular simple present winds up, present participle winding up, simple past and past participle wound up)

  1. (literally, transitive) To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely.
    Antonyms: unwind, unspool, play out, wind down

    I wound up the spool of rope.

  2. (transitive) To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism.

    I wound up the clock.

    Your pocket watch will run for a long time if you wind up the spring all the way.

    • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:

      Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out, for he knew that people who jump generally have something to wind them up. But he couldn’t see it. They were evidently a new kind of rabbit altogether.

  3. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.

    The movie wound me up emotionally.

  4. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To excite.

    Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime.

  5. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To upset; to anger or distress.
    • 2019, Daniel Taylor, Lionel Messi magic puts Barcelona in command of semi-final with Liverpool (in The Guardian, 1 May 2019)[1]
      Of all their regrets, it was their inability to score an away goal that might wind up Klopp the most. Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way.
  6. (literally, transitive) To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking).

    Wind up your window — it’s starting to rain.

    Synonyms: roll up, raise
    Antonyms: wind down, roll down, lower
  7. (intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.

    Mess around with drugs and wind up broke.

    I followed the signs, and I wound up getting nowhere.

    • 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[2]:

      The Hound’s afraid to go in. Maybe he’s afraid the occupants will tell on him, but Beric points out that there’s no smoke in the chimney or livestock in the yard, so it’s probably deserted. It’s not. Inside are the decaying corpses of the farmer and his little girl, in bed together with a knife on the floor. Beric CSIs that they were starving to death, so the man ended the suffering for both of them. And they might not have wound up that way if they hadn’t met the Hound.

    • 2013 January 1, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist‎[3], volume 101, number 1, page 62:

      Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.

    Synonyms: end up, turn out, turn up
    Antonym: start out
  8. (intransitive) To increase (in some aspect).

    • 2020 December 9, Drachinifel, Guadalcanal Campaign — Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN)‎[4], archived from the original on 4 December 2022, 15:25 from the start:

      Now, things got even more confusing. Farenholt and Laffey hadn’t spotted the incoming Japanese Navy vessels, and were winding up to full speed to more-quickly bypass the cruisers. Duncan, of course, could see the radar contacts to its starboard, and so assumed that this increase in speed by its compatriots was the start of a general assault on the enemy. And so, not wanting to be left behind, it broke off and headed off into the darkness to start what turned out to be a one-ship torpedo assault.

  9. (transitive) To conclude, complete, or finish (something).

    Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.

    Coordinate term: wind down (the only sense in which «wind up» and «wind down» can be nearly or wholly synonymous, via alternative metaphors)

    • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher’s shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎[5]:

      In late April, residents were sent a blunt letter telling them that the town’s ancient market, which had stopped because of the pandemic, and which really did date back to the reign of Queen Anne, would be wound up.

    1. (transitive) To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets.
  10. (Britain, transitive) To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.

    Twenty quid? Are you winding me up?

  11. (baseball, intransitive) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.

    Paige seemed to be winding up for a fastball but then switched it up.

Derived terms[edit]

  • snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches
  • wind up one’s bottoms
  • wind-up radio

Translations[edit]

to end up; to arrive or result

to conclude, complete, or finish

  • Danish: gøre færdig, lave færdig, afslutte
  • Finnish: päättää (fi), lopettaa (fi)
  • French: conclure (fr), terminer (fr), achever (fr)
  • German: beschließen (de)
  • Hungarian: lezár (hu), lekerekít (hu), befejez (hu)
  • Maori: whakamutu
  • Occitan: acabar (oc), claure (oc), conclure (oc)
  • Portuguese: terminar (pt), concluir (pt)

to play a prank, to take the mickey or mock

to dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets

Anagrams[edit]

  • upwind
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He thought at first it was a sick wind-up (practical joke), but soon realized there was something sinister going on, one tipster divulged. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rio Ferdinand – defender, cheerleader, wind-up merchant – encouraged Danny Welbeck to turn his back to the away end at the final whistle and pointed triumphantly at his team-mate’s shirt. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Belgian bank’s board was scheduled to meet on Saturday to decide on an orderly wind-up designed to avoid damaging France’s triple-A and Belgium’s double-A credit rating. ❋ Matthew Curtin (2011)

Ian Healy was a peerless wind-up merchant, once telling silly point to get «right under Nasser’s nose» then stationing him six feet from Hussain’s bat. ❋ Unknown (2011)

«And people never, ever believe it – they always think it’s a wind-up.» ❋ Unknown (2011)

At this point, Republican politicians are beginning to sound almost like wind-up toys when they complain about job-killing taxes and regulations that keep businesses from hiring. ❋ Dean Baker (2011)

I was stumped for awhile, until I started thinking about what sports were similar to bowling, specifically what sports had a ball that could be equipped with wind-up feet and sent hurtling toward some object. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Your blog is a really a current day wind-up tool – always a source for a good laugh though. on February 13, 2009 at 4: 31 pm | Reply uniform ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Only this time it’s nationwide and, to my mind, a giant and very effective wind-up. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Then, they gave out signed photographs of CC Sabathia doing the wind-up. ❋ Kevin Nunez (2011)

People get reefed rather than shot, and listen to music on wind-up radios. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And there it was, flamboyant in the window: a wind-up mahogany gramophone with gleaming trumpet, like a strumpet kicking her skirts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I wonder if anyone in the government even remembers why this data is so vital (seriously, per question 11, how many wind-up clocks are coming through customs nowadays). ❋ Unknown (2009)

This year’s «Idol» wind-up toy, Carson Higgins of Malibu, has also picked «My Prerogative» to sing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sarah Palin strikes me as a wind-up doll on Red Bull; incapable of original thought, she strings together one cliche ‘after another into unintelligible sentences with just the right buzz words to get ignorant, Right-wing zealots shaking their heads like lemmings going off a cliff. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the more enjoyable spectacle was watching the froth gather at the mouths of the offended; it was a childish wind-up, childishly received. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Magic touches everything, be it Colman’s mustard merchandising with dragons and moustachioed magicians, or wind-up Cinderella dolls from the 1950s. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We had to add an external wind-up turntable to make it so the right half of your food wasn’t cold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How did an entire generation of grade schoolers wind-up fat, lazy and bored, lashed to the backseat of a car? ❋ Jacqueline Edelberg (2011)

«He claimed he had been in the [SAS], but it was just a wind-up.» «Bob would wind Mike up by claiming he’d slept with Mike’s girlfriend» «That blokes a [wind-up merchant]» «It seemed at first glance to be two mathematicians arguing [number theory], but it was a wind-up — they were just talking nonsense, it turned out.» ❋ CJ2222 (2005)

He said he’s meet her at 7 [o’clock], but after she’d been standing in [the rain] for [an hour] she realised it was a wind-up ❋ Bill Cranny (2003)

She just knows [how to] [wind] me up.
He wind up his [classmates]. ❋ LikeTheWind (2012)

«When I was watching a [porno] last night, I started The Wind Up during [the first] [sex scene].» ❋ Slappy Fack (2006)

The party starts at 9, the first guests will start arriving [around 10], and it should be winding up by [11:30] or so. So, we’ll arrive at about [11:45]. ❋ Ryan Self (2006)

Ryan [woodward] is [a pain in the arse] he is a [wind up] ❋ Wind Up (2022)

He’s a [real] wind-up merchant, to him [every day] is [April Fool’s Day]. ❋ Bill Cranny (2003)

I got so [pissed off] with [Robert] so i gave him a [wind up punch]. ❋ DFGBIOADFJOGHOERHJGPEJHP (2008)

Most [soccer] moms’ children are, in fact [wind-up] [dolls]. ❋ Shawn B. (2003)

You’ve become a wind-up doll from the [ecstacy]. Now, jump of [a bus] [roof]. ❋ B-Drac (2003)

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W

wind up

Meaning

  • to be annoyed by someone
  • to provoke someone on purpose
  • to tell someone something that isn’t true
  • to get someone excited
  • to end up somewhere
  • to end up as something
  • to come to an end

Example Sentences

  1. My sister really knows how to wind me up.
  2. I enjoy messing with Peter, he is so easy to wind up.
  3. Did you really get tickets to the Ed Sheeran concert or are you winding me up?
  4. Good music really winds me up!
  5. It doesn’t matter what we do, we always seem to wind up at this restaurant at the end of the night.
  6. I always thought that Jane would wind up I am surprised at how well she is doing.
  7. I have sold my company. I just have to wind up a few things before handing it over to the new owners.

Origin

The first use of the phrase is indicated as being 1583. There is no clear indication as to where the phrase originated from. However, it could be related to winding up a piece of yarn or rope. In this context it would mean “concluding something or bringing to an end”.

When used to mean “getting someone worked up” it can be related to winding up a clock. In the past clocks had to be wound up before they worked.

End, Up

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