wrench in English dictionary

  • wrench

    Meanings and definitions of "wrench"

    • A movement that twists and pulls violently.
    • A distorting change.
    • A sudden emotional change.
    • A violent pull or twist; a tug
    • (US) a hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
    • (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
    • (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
    • (transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench.
    • To use a wrench
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A trick or artifice. [From VIII century.]
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Deceit; guile; treachery. [From XIII century.]
    • noun
      A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [From XVI century.]
    • noun
      An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [From XVI century.]
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A turn at an acute angle. [From XVI century.]
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A winch or windlass. [From XVI century.]
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A screw. [From XVI century.]
    • noun
      A distorting change from the original meaning. [From XVII century.]
    • noun
      (US)
      A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. [From XVIII century.]
    • noun
      A violent emotional change caused by separation. [From XIX century.]
    • noun
      (physics)
      In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. [From XIX century.]
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      means; contrivance
    • verb
      (intransitive, obsolete)
      To violently move in a turn or writhe. [From XI century.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To pull or twist violently. [From XIII century.]
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To turn aside or deflect. [From XIII century.]
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To slander. [From XIV century.]
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To tighten with or as if with a winch. [From XVI century.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. [From XVI century.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To distort from the original meaning. [From XVI century.]
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. [From XVI century.]
    • verb
      (intransitive, fencing, obsolete)
      To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. [From XVIII century.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To rack with pain. [From XVIII century.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. [From XVIII century.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To use the tool known as a wrench. [From XIX century.]
    • twisting movement
    • hand tool
    • To pull or twist
    • To sprain a joint
    • wring (a neck)
    • A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
    • noun
      a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
    • noun
      a jerky pulling movement
    • noun
      a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
    • verb
      make a sudden twisting motion
    • verb
      twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
    • verb
      twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"
    • verb
      twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

    Synonyms of "wrench" in English dictionary

    worm, injure, hand tool are the top synonyms of "wrench" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of wrench

    • wrench ( third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)
    • wrench ( plural  wrenches)
    • wrench (plural wrenches)
    • wrench (third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)
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