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wrench

/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/ sustantivo B2

En español: tirón, llave, llave de tuerca, llave inglesa

  1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
  2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
  3. A distorting change from the original meaning.
  4. A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. (US)
  5. A violent emotional change caused by separation.
  6. In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
  7. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

Plural wrenches

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Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
The Jungle Book, p. 56 · B2

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