wring
/ɹɪŋ/ verbo C1En español: exprimir, retorcer, escurrir, estrujar
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out. · I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it. · Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.
- To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest. · to wring someone’s hand· to wring the neck of a chicken
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc. · to wring one’s hands with worry
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest. · to wring a mast
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
Plural wring · He/she/it wrings · Pasado wrung · Participio pasado wrung · Forma en -ing wringing
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- Forma en -ing
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He remained motionless, but gnashing his teeth and wringing his hands with fury.
The white-faced servants were huddling together in the hall, with the frightened butler wringing his hands in the doorway.
At the door of the house we were met by a tall, white-faced, flaxen-haired man, with a notebook in his hand, who rushed forward and wrung my companion’s hand with effusion.
“My dear fellow,” he cried, wringing Holmes’ unresponsive hand, “congratulate me!
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