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wring

(rĭng)

tr.v. wrung (rŭng), wring·ing, wrings

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.

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.

The act or an instance of wringing.

[Middle English wringen, from Old English wringan; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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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

an act or the process of wringing

[Old English wringan; related to Old High German ringan (German wringen), Gothic wrungō snare. See wrangle, wrong]

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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.

7. a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English wringan, c. Old Saxon wringan]

wring

Past participle: wrung
Gerund: wringing

Imperative
wring
wring

Present
I wring
you wring
he/she/it wrings
we wring
you wring
they wring

Preterite
I wrung
you wrung
he/she/it wrung
we wrung
you wrung
they wrung

Present Continuous
I am wringing
you are wringing
he/she/it is wringing
we are wringing
you are wringing
they are wringing

Present Perfect
I have wrung
you have wrung
he/she/it has wrung
we have wrung
you have wrung
they have wrung

Past Continuous
I was wringing
you were wringing
he/she/it was wringing
we were wringing
you were wringing
they were wringing

Past Perfect
I had wrung
you had wrung
he/she/it had wrung
we had wrung
you had wrung
they had wrung

Future
I will wring
you will wring
he/she/it will wring
we will wring
you will wring
they will wring

Future Perfect
I will have wrung
you will have wrung
he/she/it will have wrung
we will have wrung
you will have wrung
they will have wrung

Future Continuous
I will be wringing
you will be wringing
he/she/it will be wringing
we will be wringing
you will be wringing
they will be wringing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wringing
you have been wringing
he/she/it has been wringing
we have been wringing
you have been wringing
they have been wringing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wringing
you will have been wringing
he/she/it will have been wringing
we will have been wringing
you will have been wringing
they will have been wringing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wringing
you had been wringing
he/she/it had been wringing
we had been wringing
you had been wringing
they had been wringing

Conditional
I would wring
you would wring
he/she/it would wring
we would wring
you would wring
they would wring

Past Conditional
I would have wrung
you would have wrung
he/she/it would have wrung
we would have wrung
you would have wrung
they would have wrung

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Noun	1.	wring - a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" squeeze motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Verb	1.	wring - twist and press out of shape contort, deform, distort morph - change shape as via computer animation; "In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther" distort, twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" wring, wrench - twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" 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" wrench distort, twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" contort, wring, deform, distort - twist and press out of shape 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" extort, gouge, rack, squeeze 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" contort, wring, deform, distort - twist and press out of shape mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelch - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

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

verb

1. To alter the position of by a sharp, forcible twisting or turning movement:

wrench, wrest.

2. To obtain by coercion or intimidation:

exact, extort, squeeze, wrench, wrest.

Slang: shake down.

Translations

يَعْصُريَلْوي يَدَيْه من الألَم

ždímat

vride

wringen ausdrücken ringen

στείβω

niskat nurinpuristaaväännellävääntää

essorer tordre

kezét tördelikicsavar

núa hendurnarvinda, kreista

strappare torcere torcersi le mani torsione

grąžytigręžimo mašinaišgręžti

izgrieztlauzīt

выжимать

žmýkať

ožeti

oğuşturmaksıkmak

拧干握紧又松开双手

wring

[rɪŋ] (wrung (pt, pp))

A. VT

1. (also wring out) [+ clothes, washing] → escurrir

2. (= twist) → torcer, retorcer
I'll wring your neck for that! → ¡te voy a retorcer el pescuezo!
she wrung my hand → me dio un apretón de manos
to wring one's hands (in distress) → retorcerse las manos

3. (fig) eventually we wrung the truth out of them → al final les sacamos la verdad
to wring money out of sb → sacar dinero a algn

B. N to give the clothes a wring → escurrir la ropa

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

(also wring out) [+ wet clothes, towel] → essorer

(= obtain through pressure) to wring sth out of sb → arracher qch à qn

wring

vb: pret, ptp <wrung>

(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

hands (in distress) → ringen; to wring a duck’s neck → einer Ente (dat) → den Hals umdrehen; I could have wrung his neck → ich hätte ihm den Hals or den Kragen (inf) → umdrehen können; he wrung my hand → er schüttelte mir (kräftig) die Hand; to wring somebody’s heart → jdm in der Seele wehtun

(= extract) to wring something out of or from somebody → etw aus jdm herausquetschen, jdm etw abringen

n to give clothes a wring → Kleider auswringen or auswinden

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wring

[rɪŋ] (wrung (pt, pp)) vt

a. (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

c. (also wring out) (confession, truth, money) → estorcere

wring

(riŋ) – past tense, past participle wrung (raŋ) – verb

1. 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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You let the cage alone, and let me wring its neck will you?

'Fight for it, you dogs, or I'll wring its neck myself!'

Fightin' for a bird!' replied Kit, 'and here he is--Miss Nelly's bird, mother, that they was agoin' to wring the neck of!

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Since Tom's harassed conscience had managed to drive him to the lawyer's house by night and wring a dread tale from lips that had been sealed with the dismalest and most formidable of oaths, Huck's confidence in the human race was well-nigh obliterated.

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This was apparent from her repeated demands upon my mother to disclose the name of her partner in sin, but no amount of abuse or threats could wring this from her, and to save me from needless torture she lied, for she told Sarkoja that she alone knew nor would she even tell her child.

She was imprisoned by Tal Hajus, and every effort, including the most horrible and shameful torture, was brought to bear upon her to wring from her lips the name of my father; but she remained steadfast and loyal, dying at last amidst the laughter of Tal Hajus and his chieftains during some awful torture she was undergoing.

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"Or I'll take off my best frock and help you wring up?

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if there were less of this delicate concealment of facts - this whispering, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace, there would be less of sin and misery to the young of both sexes who are left to wring their bitter knowledge from experience.

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I would that I knew on whom he has the claim of birth: I might wring something from his sense of shame, if he were dead to every tie of nature.'

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"Forgive me for being such a fool," she managed to wring out.

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' She (Lawrence) adds real sparkle to a film that lurches uncontrollably in pace and tone, and could wring out some of its own wacky excesses

ode to joy; Jennifer Lawrence's superb performance holds together uneven comedy biopic of mum's rags to riches story

wring hands, course, when politicians up with to dry out, we With a record number of women MPs since the election, uproar maybe the Westminster boozing culture can be turned on its head.