Definitions
1.nounThe act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
2.nounA key to tune a stringed instrument.
3.nounActive or motive power.
4.nounShort for saw wrest; a saw set.
5.verbTo pull or twist violently.
6.verbTo obtain by pulling or violent force."He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel."
7.verbTo seize.
8.verbTo distort, to pervert, to twist.
9.verbTo tune with a wrest, or key.