wrench
/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/ verb C1- To pull or twist violently. · With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
- To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. · Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
- To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
- To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
- To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
- To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench. · The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.
He/she/it wrenches · Past wrenched · Past participle wrenched · -ing form wrenching
Verb forms
- Base form
- wrench
- He/she/it
- wrenches
- Past
- wrenched
- Past participle
- wrenched
- -ing form
- wrenching
From the library
Then, with an inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from Holmes’s grasp, and hurled himself through the window.
Kaa had only just worked his way over the west wall, landing with a wrench that dislodged a coping stone into the ditch.
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