wring, wrench
(verb) twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; “Wring one’s hand”
contort, deform, distort, wring
(verb) twist and press out of shape
wring
(verb) twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; “wring the towels”
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation; “They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss”; “They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wrung
simple past tense and past participle of wring
Source: Wiktionary
Wrung,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Wring.
Wring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung, Obs. Wringed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Wringing.] Etym: [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw. vränga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle, Wrench, Wrong.]
1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. "Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand." Sir W. Scott. "Wring him by the nose." Shak. [His steed] so sweat that men might him wring. Chaucer. The king began to find where his shoe did wring him. Bacon. The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head. Lev. i. 15.
2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture. Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune. Clarendon. Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly. Addison.
3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest. How dare men thus wring the Scriptures Whitgift.
4. 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. Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. Shak. He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece. Judg. vi. 38.
5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance. To wring the widow from her 'customed right. Shak. The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick. Hayward.
6. (Naut.)
Definition: To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
Wring, v. i.
Definition: To writhe; to twist, as with anguish. 'T is all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow. Shak. Look where the sister of the king of France Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast. Marlowe.
Wring, n.
Definition: A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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