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Wrench (n.)

To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

Wrench (n.)

To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

Wrenched (imp. & p. p.)

of Wrench

Wrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Wrench

Wrest (v. t.)

To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

Wrest (v. t.)

To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Wrest (v. t.)

To tune with a wrest, or key.

Wrest (n.)

The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.

Wrest (n.)

Active or moving power.

Wrest (n.)

A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

Wrest (n.)

A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Wrested (imp. & p. p.)

of Wrest

Wrester (n.)

One who wrests.

Wresting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Wrest

Wrestle (v. t.)

To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

Wrestle (v. t.)

Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.

Wrestle (v. t.)

To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Wrestle (n.)

A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

Wrestled (imp. & p. p.)

of Wrestle

Wrestler (n.)

One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.