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1.nounA movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
2.nounAn injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
3.nounA trick or artifice.
4.nounDeceit; guile; treachery.
5.nounA turn at an acute angle.
6.nounA winch or windlass.
7.nounA screw.
8.nounA distorting change from the original meaning.
9.nounA hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
10.nounAn adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
11.nounA violent emotional change caused by separation.
12.nounIn screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
13.nounMeans; contrivance
14.nounIn 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.
15.verbTo violently move in a turn or writhe.
16.verbTo pull or twist violently."With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man."
17.verbTo turn aside or deflect.
18.verbTo slander.
19.verbTo tighten with or as if with a winch.
20.verbTo injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting."Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!"
21.verbTo distort from the original meaning.
22.verbTo thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
23.verbTo disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
24.verbTo rack with pain.
25.verbTo deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
26.verbTo use the tool known as a wrench."The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose."