WRING

wring

Verb

  1. To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out.
    You must wring your wet jeans before hanging them out to dry.
  2. To obtain by force.
    The police said they would wring the truth out of that heinous criminal.
  3. To hold tightly and press or twist.
    Some of the patients waiting in the dentist's office were wringing their hands nervously.
    He said he'd wring my neck if I told his girlfriend.
    He wrung my hand enthusiastically when he found out we were related.
  4. To writhe; to twist, as if in anguish.
  5. To pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
  6. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
  7. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
  8. To bend or strain out of its position.
    to wring a mast


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