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wrench

/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/

noun 14
verb 10
forms 4
phrases 2

noun14

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A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us. — 1897
(US, Canada) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
(UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
A violent emotional change caused by separation.
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
A distorting change from the original meaning.
In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
(no longer used) A turn at an acute angle.
(no longer used) A trick or artifice.
(no longer used) Deceit; guile; treachery.
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(no longer used) means; contrivance
- But weighing one thing with another he gave Britain for lost; but resolved to make his profit of this business of Britain, as a quarrel for war; and that of Naples, as a wrench and mean for peace — 1622
(no longer used) A winch or windlass.
(no longer used) A screw.

verb10

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To pull or twist violently.
- With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
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To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.
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To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
(no longer used) To violently move in a turn or writhe.
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(no longer used) To tighten with or as if with a winch.
- [S]end me that hag hither; she shall avouch what it was that she hath given to the wretch Dryfesdale, or the pilniewinks and thumbikins shall wrench it out of her finger-joints. — 1820
(no longer used) To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.
(no longer used) To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.

forms

wrenched · wrenching · wrenches · wrencheth

Phrases with wrench

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