Crossword clues for wring
wring
- Squeeze to dry
- Squeeze dry
- Squeeze (out), as water from a wet towel
- Clear (out), as a sponge
- Clasp tightly in distress, as one's hands
- Uptight motion of the hands
- Twist, like a wet washcloth
- Twist, as a wet washcloth
- Twist, as a wet rag
- Twist, as a wet cloth
- Twist a wet washcloth
- Squeeze the juice from, with "out"
- Squeeze out water
- Squeeze moisture from
- Squeeze and twist
- Get water out of a mop
- Forcibly twist
- Dry, as a wet towel, with "out"
- Extort
- Dry, in a way
- Extract forcefully
- Dry with a twist
- Squeeze-dry
- Twist, as a wet cloth or a neck
- Squeeze out water, as of clothes
- Twist, as a wet towel
- A twisting squeeze
- Clasp and twist, as hands
- Twist out of shape
- Twist; squeeze
- Screw, prison's second in annexe
- Twist forcibly
- Twist and squeeze
- Twist to dry
- Twist and compress
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wring \Wring\, v. i. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
'T is all men's office to speak patience
To those that wring under the load of sorrow.
--Shak.
Look where the sister of the king of France
Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
--Marlowe.
Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung, Obs. Wringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw. vr["a]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle, Wrench, Wrong.]
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. ``Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand.''
--Sir W. Scott. ``Wring him by the nose.''
--Shak.[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
--Chaucer.The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
--Bacon.The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head.
--Lev. i. 15. -
Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune.
--Clarendon.Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly.
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To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?
--Whitgift. -
To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.
Your overkindness doth wring tears from me.
--Shak.He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.
--Judg. vi. 38. -
To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
To wring the widow from her 'customed right.
--Shak.The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick.
--Hayward. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
Wring \Wring\, n.
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, past participle wrungen), from Proto-Germanic *wreng- (cognates: Old English wringen "to wring, press out," Old Frisian wringa, Middle Dutch wringhen, Dutch wringen "to wring," Old High German ringan "to move to and fro, to twist," German ringen "to wrestle"), from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). To wring (one's) hands "press the hands or fingers tightly together (as though wringing)" as an indication of distress or pain is attested from c.1200.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out. 2 To obtain by force. 3 To hold tightly and press or twist. 4 (context intransitive English) To writhe; to twist, as if in anguish. 5 To kill an animal, usually poultry, by breaking its neck by twisting. 6 To pain; to distress; to torment; to torture. 7 To distort; to pervert; to wrest. 8 To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance. 9 (context nautical English) To bend or strain out of its position.
WordNet
v. twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform, distort]
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" [syn: wrench]
obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge]
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
[also: wrung]
Usage examples of "wring".
Knute came in wringing his hands about the potential for lost alumnae funds and what were we going to do about the position of director of alumnae affairs?
And, as if wrung by some sudden pain, the sleeper turned heavily round, groaned audibly, and awoke.
This bland, slick, talkative bookseller, was he arranging some blackmailing scheme to kidnap the girl and wring blood-money out of her father?
Here was the palace and stronghold of their monarchs, the Chagans, and here they continued a threat to all the surrounding nations, while enjoying the vast spoils which they had wrung from ruined peoples.
She threw herself on her knees, and raising up her hands, cried the same words in tones which wrung my heart.
I think he wanted Dinai and Seum debilitated by their treatment, so he could more easily wring confessions out of them.
Do you want me to turn you over to Sezarre, to Delai, to have them wring the truth from you?
It would be ridiculous to attempt to wring any doctrinal significance from these customs.
Egoist agony wrung the outcry from him that dupery is a more blessed condition.
Dietrich bowed, and passing Farina, informed him that the Club would wring satisfaction out of him for the insult.
Is there anything that will make me want to wring your miserable frigging necks less than I want to wring them right now?
The hag, then slowly re-entering the cave, groaningly picked up the heavy purse, took the lamp from its stand, and, passing to the remotest depth of her cell, a black and abrupt passage, which was not visible, save at a near approach, closed round as it was with jutting and sharp crags, yawned before her: she went several yards along this gloomy path, which sloped gradually downwards, as if towards the bowels of the earth, and, lifting a stone, deposited her treasure in a hole beneath, which, as the lamp pierced its secrets, seemed already to contain coins of various value, wrung from the credulity or gratitude of her visitors.
Pineor, Bart wrung them, as if trying to kill the keld that had originally worn the skin.
He heard the loud plaudits of the assembled court shaking the vast hall as the Laureate ended his song--and, drooping his head, some stinging tears welled up in his eyes and fell scorchingly on his clasped hands--tears wrung from the very depth of his secretly tortured soul.
As steam power came off the huge driving shaft and the engine began to slow, the noise lessened and the stokers leaned gratefully on their shovels, their chests gulping air heavy with coal dust and wrung out the towels they wore about their necks.