WRING
\ɹˈɪŋ], \ɹˈɪŋ], \ɹ_ˈɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of WRING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
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twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
By Princeton University
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twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
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twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
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Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
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To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
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To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
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To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
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To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
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A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
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Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
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To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
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To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
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To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
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To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
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A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To twist; to turn and strain; compress; as, to wring clothes in washing; to extort or get by force; as, to wring a confession from a criminal; to give pain to as if by twisting; as, her sad story wrings my heart.
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Wringing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To twist: to force by twisting: to force or compress: to pain: to extort: to bend out of its position.
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To writhe: to twist:-pa.t. and pa.p. wrung, (B.) wringed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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