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WINDUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A concluding action
Synonyms:
closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("windup" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "windup"):
consummation (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
consummation (the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse)
finish; finishing (the act of finishing)
finalisation; finalization (the act of finalizing)
follow-through (carrying some project or intention to full completion)
follow-through (the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion)
graduation (the successful completion of a program of study)
Derivation:
wind up (finally be or do something)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Operated by a mechanism
Example:
windup toys
Classified under:
Similar:
mechanical (using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices)
