noun Download 🔗Share A powerful squeezing or twisting action. Examples : "I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring." action energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. Examples : "I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry." action process function utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it. Examples : "Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response. Examples : "The sad movie wrings tears from the audience. " action process achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hold (something) tightly and press or twist. Examples : "She wrings the water out of her wet swimsuit after swimming. " action body human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond. Examples : "The machinist carefully wrings the gauge blocks together to ensure an accurate measurement. " technical science machine physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To twist, as if in pain. Examples : "After hearing the bad news, she nervously wrings her hands. " action body sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance. Examples : "The landlord wrings money from the tenants, threatening to evict them if they don't pay exorbitant rent. " action inhuman society politics government business moral suffering law demand Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bend or strain out of its position. Examples : "to wring a mast" action position Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading