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English word
TANDA HUBUNG
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb has 1 sense
- wrest(v = verb.contact) - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"; "wrest the knife from his hands"
Derived form noun wrester1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
, v. t. Array
- To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort. [1913 Webster]
- To tune with a wrest, or key. [1913 Webster]
, n.
- The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Active or moving power. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- A key to tune a stringed instrument of music. [1913 Webster]
- A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 force or wrench away from a person's grasp.
2 (foll. by from) obtain by effort or with difficulty.
3 distort into accordance with one's interests or views (wrest the law to suit themselves).
--n. archaic a key for tuning a harp or piano etc.
--v.tr.
1 force or wrench away from a person's grasp.
2 (foll. by from) obtain by effort or with difficulty.
3 distort into accordance with one's interests or views (wrest the law to suit themselves).
--n. archaic a key for tuning a harp or piano etc.
Idiom
wrest-block (or -plank) the part of a piano or harpsichord holding the wrest-pins. wrest-pin each of the pins to which the strings of a piano or harpsichord are attached.
Etymology
OE wr{aelig}stan f. Gmc, rel. to WRIST