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Wring

noun
/ɹɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA powerful squeezing or twisting action.
"I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring."
2.nounPain or distress.
3.verbTo squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
"I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry."
4.verbTo extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
"Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl."
5.verbTo obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
6.verbTo draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
7.verbTo hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
"to wring one's hands (with worry, etc.)"
8.verbTo cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
9.verbTo slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
10.verbTo twist, as if in pain.
11.verbTo give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
12.verbTo subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
13.verbTo bend or strain out of its position.
"to wring a mast"

Synonyms

distortperverttwistwrestelicitprovokestranglethrottletormenttorturewrithewrench

Rhymes With

ringspringflingstingzingthingstringswing
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