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Meaning of 'wrench'
Meaning of 'wrench' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Wrench 
[ n.]
- To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by
violence. [ n.]- To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
2. Wrench [ v. t.]
- Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [ v. t.]- A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
- A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
- Means; contrivance.
- 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.
- 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.
Meaning of 'wrench' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. wrench [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
Example in sentence:
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull;
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
2. wrench [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
Example in sentence:
- a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest;
- wrench a window off its hinges;
- wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
Meaning (3):
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
Example in sentence:
- I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days;
- the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell;
- The wrestler twisted his shoulder;
- wrench one's ankle
Meaning (4):
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
Example in sentence:
- Wring one's hand
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