WINDUP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Meaning:

Operated by a mechanism

Example:

windup toys

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

mechanical (using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices)