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1. (v.t.) wring
to twist forcibly:
She wrung the chicken's neck.
2. wring
to twist or compress in order to force out water or other liquid (often fol. by out):
to wring out a washcloth.
3. wring
to extract by or as if by twisting or compression:
to wring a confession from a spy.
4. wring
to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5. wring
to clasp tightly, usu. with twisting:
to wring one's hands in pain.
6. (v.i.) wring
to writhe, as in anguish.
7. (n.) wring
a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE wringan, c. OS wringan)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) squeeze, wring
a twisting squeeze
"gave the wet cloth a wring"
2. (verb) contort, deform, distort, wring
twist and press out of shape
3. (verb) wring, wrench
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
"Wring one's hand"
4. (verb) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
obtain by coercion or intimidation
"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
5. (verb) wring
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
"wring the towels"
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1. (verb) wring
to twist to make water come out
He wrung out the shirt and hung it up.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wring
a writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping
2. (verb) wring
to twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing
3. (verb) wring
hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture
4. (verb) wring
to distort; to pervert; to wrest
5. (verb) wring
to extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form
6. (verb) wring
to subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance
7. (verb) wring
to bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast
8. (verb) wring
to writhe; to twist, as with anguish
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Sense: to force (water) from (material) by twisting or by pressure
He wrung the water from his soaking-wet shirt.
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 Afrikaans: wring, uitwring |
 Arabic: يَعْصُر |
 Bulgarian: изстисквам |
 Brazilian: torcer |
 Czech: (vy)ždímat |
 German: wringen |
 Danish: vride |
 Greek: στύβω |
 Spanish: torcer, retorcer |
 Estonian: vänama |
 Farsi: چلاندن؛ پیچاندن |
 Finnish: vääntää kuivaksi |
 French: essorer |
 Hebrew: לִסחוֹט |
 Hindi: निचोड़ना |
 Croatian: iscijediti |
 Hungarian: kicsavar |
 Indonesian: memeras |
 Icelandic: vinda, kreista |
 Italian: strizzare |
 Japanese: 絞る |
 Korean: 세게 비틀다 |
 Lithuanian: išgręžti |
 Latvian: izgriezt (ūdeni) |
 Malay: memerah; memulas |
 Dutch: uitwringen |
 Norwegian: vri, presse (ut) |
 Polish: wykręcać |
 Persian: چلاندن؛ پیچاندن |
 Pashto: نښتېحل، پېچل، تاوول: په ز |
 Portuguese: torcer |
 Romanian: a stoarce |
 Russian: выжимать |
 Slovak: (vy)žmýkať |
 Slovenian: ožeti |
 Serbian: iscediti |
 Swedish: vrida (krama) ur |
 Thai: บีบ |
 Turkish: sıkmak |
 Taiwanese: 擰乾 |
 Ukrainian: віджимати, викручувати |
 Urdu: دبانا یا نچوڑنا |
 Vietnamese: vắt |
 Chinese: 拧干 |
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