Wring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out.
  • v. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out.
  • v. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken.
  • v. To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress.
  • v. To clasp firmly and shake (another's hand), as in congratulation.
  • v. To cause distress to; affect with painful emotion: a tale that wrings the heart.
  • v. To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure: wrung the truth out of the recalcitrant witness.
  • verb-intransitive. To writhe or squirm, as in pain.
  • n. The act or an instance of wringing; a squeeze or twist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out.
  • v. To obtain by force.
  • v. To hold tightly and press or twist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch.
  • v. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
  • v. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
  • v. To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.
  • v. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
  • v. To bend or strain out of its position.
  • verb-intransitive. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
  • n. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To twist in the hands, as something flexible; twist or flex forcibly: as, to wring clothes after washing, to force out the water; to wring a friend's hand in cordial greeting: often with out.
  • To twist out of place, shape, or relation; bend or strain tortuously or twistingly: as, to wring a mast; to wring the neck of a chicken.
  • To turn or divert the course or purport of; distort; pervert.
  • To affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action or effect; torture; rack; distress; pain.
  • To force out, as a fluid, by twisting or contorting pressure; extract or obtain by or as if by a squeezing flexure; hence, to squeeze out in any way; extort: as, to wring water from clothes; to wring a reluctant consent from a person: often with out.
  • To free from a liquid by twisting or compression: as, to wring out clothes.
  • To writhe; twist about, as with anguish; squirm; suffer torture.
  • To pinch; pain.
  • To force one's way by pressure.
  • n. A wringer or presser; a wine-press or cider-press.
  • n. Action expressive of anguish; writhing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. twist and press out of shape
  • n. a twisting squeeze
  • v. obtain by coercion or intimidation
  • v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
  • v. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
  • Verb Form
    wrang    wringed    wringing    wrings    wrung   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    movement    motion    distort    twine    twist    squeeze    squelch    crush    squash    mash   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    wrung   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    writhe    pinch    distress    torment    torture    distort    pervert    wrest    twisting    griping   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beijing    Bing    Chongqing    Ging    Jing    King    Ming    Peking    Ping    Qing