WRENCH
\ɹˈɛnt͡ʃ], \ɹˈɛntʃ], \ɹ_ˈɛ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of WRENCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a jerky pulling movement
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make a sudden twisting motion
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twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
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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".
By Princeton University
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a jerky pulling movement
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make a sudden twisting motion
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twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
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A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
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Means; contrivance.
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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.
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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.
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To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
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To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
By Oddity Software
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
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A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
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Means; contrivance.
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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.
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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.
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To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
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To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
By Noah Webster.
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To wring or pull with a twist; to strain or sprain; as, to wrench one's ankle.
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A violent twist; a sprain; a tool for turning nuts on bolts, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To wring or pull with a twist: to force by violence: to sprain.
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A violent twist: a sprain: an instrument for turning bolts, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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A violent twist or pull; sprain: instrument for turning nuts of bolts, &c.
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To pull with a twist; twist violently; sprain.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald