verb
Etymology: wind (IV) + up
transitive verb
1. archaic : to bring together (as a speech) in a final summarizing statement : sum up
2. : to bring to a conclusion : end
wound up their 27th annual convention here with high praise for the … hospitality and cooperation — Benjamin Welles
a final chapter for the woman golfer winds up an unusually helpful manual — Times Literary Supplement
3.
a. : to put in order for the purpose of bringing to an end
the companies are winding up their business affairs by retiring their capital stock and paying dividends — Monsanto Magazine
top strategists wished they could wind up this session of Congress — Newsweek
b. : to put in order for the purpose of disposal and transferring title : settle
an estate is to be wound up — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa)
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to come to a conclusion : end
wound up with a glorification of the resistance movement — A.H.Vandenberg †1951
b. : to arrive in a place, situation, or condition at the end or as a result (as of a course of action) : end up
almost all check crooks wind up in jail — Joseph Nolan
though they started as simple farmers they wound up as millionaires — W.P.Webb
2.
a. : to give a preliminary swing to the arm (as before pitching a baseball)
b. : to make preparations : work up preliminary momentum : get ready
disc jockey … winding up for an affirmation about snow tires — C.W.Morton