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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wrench /rɛntʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to pull, jerk, move, or force with or as with a violent twisting motion: [~ + object]He wrenched the door open.[no object]She wrenched away and dashed off.
- [~ + object] to injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist.
- to affect with a feeling of distress or sharp mental or emotional pain:[~ + object]She was wrenched by the terrible loss.
n. [countable] - a sudden, violent twist:a wrench of the ankle.
- a sharp, distressing strain, as to the feelings:Her death was a wrench to the family.
- Buildinga tool for gripping and turning or twisting a bolt, nut, etc.
wrench•ing•ly, adv.: a wrenchingly sad story. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wrench (rench),USA pronunciation v.t. - to twist suddenly and forcibly;
pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist:He wrenched the prisoner's wrist. - to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist:When she fell, she wrenched her ankle.
- to affect distressingly as if by a wrench.
- to wrest, as from the right use or meaning:to wrench the facts out of context.
v.i. - to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside:He wrenched away.
- to give a wrench or twist at something.
n. - a wrenching movement;
a sudden, violent twist:With a quick wrench, she freed herself. - a painful, straining twist, as of the ankle or wrist.
- a sharp, distressing strain, as to the feelings.
- a twisting or distortion, as of meaning.
- Buildinga tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly consisting of a bar of metal with fixed or adjustable jaws.
- bef. 1050; Middle English wrenchen (verb, verbal), Old English wrencan to twist, turn; cognate with German renken
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distort, twist, warp.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wrench /rɛntʃ/ vb - to give (something) a sudden or violent twist or pull esp so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached: to wrench a door off its hinges
- (transitive) to twist suddenly so as to sprain (a limb): to wrench one's ankle
- (transitive) to give pain to
- (transitive) to twist from the original meaning or purpose
- (intransitive) to make a sudden twisting motion
n - a forceful twist or pull
- an injury to a limb, caused by twisting
- sudden pain caused esp by parting
- a parting that is difficult or painful to make
- a distorting of the original meaning or purpose
- a spanner, esp one with adjustable jaws
See also torque wrench
Etymology: Old English wrencan; related to Old High German renken, Lithuanian rangyti to twist. See wrinkle1 |