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Synonyms for wound up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wahynd
Phonetic Transcription : waɪnd

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Définition of wound up

Origin :
  • "air in motion," Old English wind, from Proto-Germanic *wendas (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch wind, Old Norse vindr, Old High German wind, German Wind, Gothic winds), from PIE *we-nt-o- "blowing," from root *we- "to blow" (cf. Sanskrit va-, Greek aemi-, Gothic waian, Old English wawan, Old High German wajan, German wehen, Old Church Slavonic vejati "to blow;" Sanskrit vatah, Avestan vata-, Hittite huwantis, Latin ventus, Old Church Slavonic vetru, Lithuanian vejas "wind;" Lithuanian vetra "tempest, storm;" Old Irish feth "air;" Welsh gwynt, Breton gwent "wind").
  • Normal pronunciation evolution made this word rhyme with kind and rind (Donne rhymes it with mind), but it shifted to a short vowel 18c., probably from influence of windy, where the short vowel is natural. A sad loss for poets, who now must rhyme it only with sinned and a handful of weak words. Symbolic of emptiness and vanity since late 13c.
  • I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind. [Ernest Dowson, 1896]
  • Meaning "breath" is attested from late Old English; especially "breath in speaking" (early 14c.), so long-winded, also "easy or regular breathing" (early 14c.), hence second wind in the figurative sense (by 1830), an image from the sport of hunting.
  • Figurative phrase which way the wind blows for "the current state of affairs" is suggested from c.1400. To get wind of "receive information about" is by 1809, perhaps inspired by French avoir le vent de. To take the wind out of (one's) sails in the figurative sense (by 1883) is an image from sailing, where a ship without wind can make no progress. Wind-chill index is recorded from 1939. Wind energy from 1976. Wind vane from 1725.
  • verb finish
Example sentences :
  • "But things like that don't happen every day," he wound up defensively.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • But he made amends by chewing like one that was just wound up.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • "I'm afraid as how the house was too quiet for Mr. Grierson, mum," she wound up.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • But there came a time when he wound up a little speech with a question.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • Then away they went along an old back road that wound up into the hills.
  • Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill
  • The mysterious sprinkling of marionettes not wound up by the watchmaker.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • The golden hair had been wound up and secured with Mrs. Barry's hairpins.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • I expect that you will have a few hundreds a year when the business is wound up.
  • Extract from : « Sarah's School Friend » by May Baldwin
  • He wound up his discourse with some theatrical talk about disinterestedness.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley
  • "A brother of mine was there beyond doubt," he had wound up wistfully.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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