English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Result
Result for Wrest
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.