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wring
[ ring ]
verb (used with object)
- to twist forcibly:
He wrung the chicken's neck.
- to twist and compress, or compress without twisting, in order to force out water or other liquid (often followed by out ):
to wring clothes.
- to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually followed by out or from ).
- to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
- to clasp tightly with or without twisting:
to wring one's hands in pain.
- to force (usually followed by off ) by twisting.
- to extract or get by forceful effort or means (often followed by out ).
verb (used without object)
- to perform the action of wringing something.
- to writhe, as in anguish.
noun
- a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
wring
/ rɪŋ /
verb
- often foll by out to twist and compress to squeeze (a liquid) from (cloth, etc)
- tr to twist forcibly
wring its neck
- tr to clasp and twist (one's hands), esp in anguish
- tr to distress
wring one's heart
- tr to grip (someone's hand) vigorously in greeting
- tr to obtain by or as if by forceful means
wring information out of
- intr to writhe with or as if with pain
- wringing wetwringing wet soaking; drenched
noun
- an act or the process of wringing
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- outwring verb (used with object) outwrung outwringing
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Some things never change as we wring out the old year and ring in the new one.
To wring all that can be wrung from metaphor, note what our elected and appointed officials are not dressed as.
It would wring our gizzards intolerably to see so much good stuff going to waste.
This makes what Obama and John Kerry manage to wring out of the Russians in the next two days absolutely crucial.
It could find other ways to wring costs of its operations, like using less packaging or electricity.
It was difficult, with the mean appliances of the time, to wring subsistence from the reluctant earth.
They like things on a small scale and know how to wring a dollar out of every five-cent piece.
Rinse it through a clean, lukewarm water; wring it lengthways, and stretch it well.
If the latter, of course the owner could wring the cocks neck and the incident would be closed.
But unless he loses his voice before long I shall have to wring his neck—no easy job—or do without my usual amount of sleep.
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