kurmak (saat)

listen to the pronunciation of kurmak (saat)
Türkçe - İngilizce
wind up
To conclude, complete, or finish

Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.

To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets
To tighten by winding or twisting

Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out, for he knew that people who jump generally have something to wind them up. But he couldn't see it. They were evidently a new kind of rabbit altogether.

To end up; to arrive or result

I followed the signs, and I wound up getting nowhere.

To excite

Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime.

To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock

Twenty quid? Are you winding me up?.

A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
If you wind someone up, you deliberately say things which annoy them. This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me. = annoy
{f} twist a knob in order to make something run (e.g. a watch, toy, clock, etc.) up; end, be finished (e.g. a meeting); finish something, bring something to a close (e.g a project, meeting); reach a certain state or course of action because of something else
stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you did not originally intend to be. He could wind up in gaol Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff Both partners of the marriage wound up unhappy. = finish up, end up
When someone winds up a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely. The Bank of England seems determined to wind up the company
When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it. The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia
When you wind up something such as the window of a car, you make it move upwards by turning a handle. He started winding the window up but I grabbed the door and opened it. = roll up wind down
finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
If you wind someone up, you say untrue things in order to trick them. You're joking. Come on, you're winding me up. = kid see also wind 3, wind-up, wound up

İlgili Terimler

saat kurmak
wind
kurmak (saat)