Examples:
The river winds through the hills.
A steep path winds through the French village, leading to the castle overlooking the river.
The invincible thread of sound wound up into the air like the smoke from a cottage chimney.
Our bikes wind down the snaky road that runs from the summit to the Maui.
Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7,roll-51.3.1
FrameNet: Path_shape
PropBank: wind.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
Examples:
Then they'd carefully wound the spool with three meters of monomolecular filament.
Wind the yarn around your hand loosely about two dozen times.
The stream of stars has wound itself around the galaxy like a strand of spaghetti.
He angered the reptile, which had wound itself around its mistress' neck and hissed loudly.
The instrument wove a web of sound that wound around the innocent voice and lifted it up.
Then I wound it into a ball and it's been sitting around my house for 27 months.
Mappings:
VerbNet: coil-9.6,knead-26.5,roll-51.3.1
FrameNet: Motion
PropBank: wind.01,wind.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6
Commentary: Is: WIND OFF
Examples:
Now you can wind the yarn off the spindle and into a skein.
Feed the silkworms, and wind the silk off the cocoons.
The occupant can wind the webbing off the wind-up shaft 18 to fasten the webbing to himself.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
wind_off 1
Commentary: Includes: WIND UP
Examples:
Don't forget to wind your watch!
Simply wind up the built-in generator with the fold-out handle under the base of the lantern.
She wound him up, and creaking with effort, the little figure came to life.
She changed him, she wound him up, and they had the most terrible rows.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: wind.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
wind_up 2, 3, 4
Commentary: Is: WIND UP, WIND DOWN
Examples:
Custard tarts wind up the dim-sum meal.
Voluntary liquidation occurs when the members resolve to voluntarily wind up the affairs of the company.
Let's wind up the party and go to bed.
He wound up the analysis with summaries of legislation.
When breakfast wound down the next morning, Adrian went into the dining room.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: wind.04,wind.05
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
wind_up
Commentary: Is: WIND UP
Examples:
Eventually, you'll wind up behind the Stinson Beach fire Department.
I know you'll wind up missing me.
That's how she wound up getting $16 a week in unemployment compensation.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: wind.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
wind_up 1
Examples:
The run hadn't really winded him.
The last kick really winded him -straight to the gut.
Panic, quick and devastating, winded her.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
Examples:
The light colored fallow doe must have winded me.
The handler had blown a whistle about the same time the dog winded the bird.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary:
NOTE: Fairly technical usage?
Examples:
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Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7