end vs wind up

end

verb
  • To finish, terminate. 

  • to come to an end 

noun
  • A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. 

  • An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory) 

  • The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. 

  • Result. 

  • The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. 

  • A purpose, goal, or aim. 

  • The terminal point of something in space or time. 

  • One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. 

  • Money. 

  • One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. 

  • That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. 

  • Death. 

  • The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. 

wind up

verb
  • To conclude, complete, or finish (something). 

  • To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets. 

  • To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely. 

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

  • To end up; to arrive or result. 

  • To upset; to anger or distress. 

  • To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting. 

  • To increase (in some aspect). 

  • To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking). 

  • To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock. 

  • To excite. 

  • To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch. 

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