wrench

[Wrench]

To wrench means to grab or pull something with a lot of physical force. See this teddy bear? If you want it, you’ll have to wrench it out of my hands, because I’m not willing to give it up.

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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

Noun
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

Noun
a jerky pulling movement

Noun
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

Verb
twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one''s ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn''t walk for several days"

Verb
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one''s hand"

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Verb
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody''s grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his ch

Verb
make a sudden twisting motion

v. t.
Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

v. t.
A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

v. t.
A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

v. t.
Means; contrivance.

v. t.
An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.

v. t.
The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

n.
To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

n.
To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

Wrench

Wrench , n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness, renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. . See Wring, and cf. Ranch, v. t.] 1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]

His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee.

2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

He wringeth them such a wrench.

The injurious effect upon biographic literature of all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused everywhere.

3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint. 4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.] Bacon. 5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes. 6. (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench. Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing or tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or wagon. -- Monkey wrench. See under Monkey. -- Wrench hammer, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit of being used as a hammer.

Wrench

Wrench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrenched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrenching.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. . See Wrench, n.] 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

Wrench his sword from him.

Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony.

2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

You wrenched your foot against a stone.

Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

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