About The Word Wring
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Wring
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What's The Definition Of Wring?
[n] a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
[v] twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" [v] twist and press out of shape [v] twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" [v] obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wring: extort | gouge | rack | squeeze | wrench Related Terms | Find terms related to Wring: See Also | bleed | crush | distort | fleece | gazump | hook | mash | morph | motion | movement | overcharge | pluck | plume | rob | soak | squash | squeeze | squeeze out | squelch | surcharge | twine | twist | wring out Wring In Webster's Dictionary \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrung}, Obs. {Wringed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Wringing}.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to
LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw.
vr["a]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. {Wrangle},
{Wrench}, {Wrong}.]
1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
in washing. ``Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand.'' --Sir
W. Scott. ``Wring him by the nose.'' --Shak.
[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
--Chaucer.
The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
--Bacon.
The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar,
and wring off his head. --Lev. i. 15.
2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
fortune. --Clarendon.
Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my
soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly. --Addison.
3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? --Whitgift.
4. 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.
Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --Shak.
He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
fleece. --Judg. vi.
38.
5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
to enforce compliance.
To wring the widow from her 'customed right. --Shak.
The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
wringed to the quick. --Hayward.
6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to
wring a mast.
\Wring\, v. i. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish. 'T is all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow. --Shak. Look where the sister of the king of France Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast. --Marlowe. \Wring\, n. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. |
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