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wring
(rĭng)tr.v. wrung (rŭng), wring·ing, wrings
1.
a. To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out: wring out a wet towel.
b. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out: wrung the water out of my bathing suit.
2. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken.
3.
a. To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress.
b. To clasp firmly and shake (another's hand), as in congratulation.
4. To cause distress to; affect with painful emotion: a tale that wrings the heart.
5. To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure: wrung the truth out of the recalcitrant witness.
n.
The act or an instance of wringing.
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wring
(rɪŋ)vb, wrings, wringing or wrung
1. (often foll by out) to twist and compress to squeeze (a liquid) from (cloth, etc)
2. (tr) to twist forcibly: wring its neck.
3. (tr) to clasp and twist (one's hands), esp in anguish
4. (tr) to distress: wring one's heart.
5. (tr) to grip (someone's hand) vigorously in greeting
6. (tr) to obtain by or as if by forceful means: wring information out of.
7. (intr) to writhe with or as if with pain
8. wringing wet soaking; drenched
n
an act or the process of wringing
[Old English wringan; related to Old High German ringan (German wringen), Gothic wrungō snare. See wrangle, wrong]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
wring
(rɪŋ)v. wrung, wring•ing, v.t.
1. to twist forcibly: She wrung the chicken's neck.
2. to twist or compress in order to force out water or other liquid (often fol. by out): to wring out a washcloth.
3. to extract by or as if by twisting or compression: to wring a confession from a spy.
4. to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5. to clasp tightly, usu. with twisting: to wring one's hands in pain.
v.i. 6. to writhe, as in anguish.
n. 7. a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English wringan, c. Old Saxon wringan]
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wring
Past participle: wrung
Gerund: wringing
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Noun | 1. | wring - a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" |
Verb | 1. | wring - twist and press out of shape morph - change shape as via computer animation; "In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther" wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" |
2. | wring - twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" wring out, squeeze out - extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth" | |
3. | 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" fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" | |
4. | wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" |
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wring
verb twist, force, squeeze, extract, screw, wrench, coerce, wrest, extort He hoped to put pressure on the British and wring concessions from them.
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wring
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Translations
يَعْصُريَلْوي يَدَيْه من الألَم
ždímat
vride
niskat nurinpuristaaväännellävääntää
kezét tördelikicsavar
núa hendurnarvinda, kreista
grąžytigręžimo mašinaišgręžti
izgrieztlauzīt
žmýkať
ožeti
oğuşturmaksıkmak
wring
[rɪŋ] (wrung (pt, pp))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wring
[ˈrɪŋ] [wrung] (pt, pp) vt [+ bird's neck] → tordre
to wring one's hands (lit) → se tordre les mains (fig) → se tordre les mains de désespoir
to wring sb's neck → tordre le cou à qn
to wring one's hands (lit) → se tordre les mains (fig) → se tordre les mains de désespoir
to wring sb's neck → tordre le cou à qn
(also wring out) [+ wet clothes, towel] → essorer
(= obtain through pressure) to wring sth out of sb → arracher qch à qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wring
vb: pret, ptp <wrung>vt
(also wring out) clothes, wet rag etc → auswringen, auswinden; to wring water out of clothes → (nasse) Kleider auswringen or auswinden; “do not wring” (on washing instructions) → nicht wringen
n to give clothes a wring → Kleider auswringen or auswinden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wring
[rɪŋ] (wrung (pt, pp)) vta. (also wring out) (wet clothes) → strizzare
b. (twist) → torcere
I'll wring your neck! (fam) → ti torco il collo!
she wrung my hand → mi strinse forte la mano
to wring one's hands (fig) (in distress) → torcersi le mani
to wring sb's heart (fig) → stringere il cuore a qn
I'll wring your neck! (fam) → ti torco il collo!
she wrung my hand → mi strinse forte la mano
to wring one's hands (fig) (in distress) → torcersi le mani
to wring sb's heart (fig) → stringere il cuore a qn
c. (also wring out) (confession, truth, money) → estorcere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wring
(riŋ) – past tense, past participle wrung (raŋ) – verb1. to force (water) from (material) by twisting or by pressure. He wrung the water from his soaking-wet shirt.
2. to clasp and unclasp (one's hands) in desperation, fear etc.
ˈwringer noun a machine for forcing water from wet clothes.
wringing wet soaked through. The clothes are wringing wet; wringing-wet clothes.
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