wring
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verb (used with object)
1.
to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
2.
to twist and compress, or compress without twisting, in order to force out water or other liquid (often followed by out ): to wring clothes.
3.
to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually followed by out or from ).
4.
to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5.
to clasp tightly with or without twisting: to wring one's hands in pain.
verb (used without object)
8.
to perform the action of wringing something.
9.
to writhe, as in anguish.
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noun
10.
a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
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| —vb , wrings, wringing, wrung | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | (tr) to twist forcibly: wring its neck |
| 3. | (tr) to clasp and twist (one's hands), esp in anguish |
| 4. | (tr) to distress: wring one's heart |
| 5. | (tr) to grip (someone's hand) vigorously in greeting |
| 6. | (tr) to obtain by or as if by forceful means: wring information out of |
| 7. | (intr) to writhe with or as if with pain |
| 8. | wringing wet soaking; drenched |
| —n | |
| 9. | an act or the process of wringing |
| [Old English wringan; related to Old High German ringan (German wringen), Gothic wrungō snare. See | |
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Word Origin & History
wring
O.E. wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, pp. wrungen), from P.Gmc. *wrenganan (cf. O.E. wringen "to wring, press out," O.Fris. wringa, M.Du. wringhen, Du. wringen "to wring," O.H.G. ringan "to move to and fro, to twist," Ger. ringen "to wrestle"), from PIE
*wrengh- "to turn," nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). Wringer "device for squeezing water from clothes" first recorded 1799. Fig. phrase to put (something) through the wringer first recorded 1942, Amer.Eng.
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Example sentences
Drain again and use your hands to wring out as much water as possible.
Rinse and wring out the cloth two to three times, and continue wiping until you remove all traces of oil.
After all, to wring out inefficiencies and cut costs, companies have to make sure things are done a certain way.
They wring their hands about how much money they are losing to bootlegging and counterfeiting.
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