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Meaning of 'wrest' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wrest [ n.]
- The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
- Active or moving power.
- A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
- A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
2 . Wrest [ v. t.]
- To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
- To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
- To tune with a wrest, or key.

Meaning of 'wrest' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wrest [ v]
Meaning (1):
- obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
Example in sentence:
  • wrest a meaning from the old text;
  • wrest power from the old government;
  • wrest the knife from his hands

Nearby Words:

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