define wind up
wind up meaning, wind up definition | English Cobuild dictionary. wind. 1 verb If a road, river, or line of people winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends or twists in it. The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside... The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.
wind up (third-person singular simple present winds up, present participle winding up, simple past and past participle wound up) ( 1 literally) To wind completely. 2  To end up; to arrive or result. 3  To conclude, complete, or finish.  To tighten by winding or twisting.