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Found 3 items, similar to Wringed.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: wring
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wring
wring
n : a twisting squeeze;
“gave the wet cloth a wring” [syn:
squeeze]
[also:
wrung]
wring
v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn:
contort,
deform,
distort]
2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish;
“Wring one's
hand” [syn:
wrench]
3: 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]
4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
“wring the towels”
[also:
wrung]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wringed
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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1. 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.
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[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
--Chaucer.
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The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
--Bacon.
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The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar,
and wring off his head. --Lev. i. 15.
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2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
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Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
fortune. --Clarendon.
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Didst thou taste but half the griefs
That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus
coldly. --Addison.
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3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
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How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? --Whitgift.
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4. 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.
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Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --Shak.
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He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
fleece. --Judg. vi.
38.
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5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
to enforce compliance.
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To wring the widow from her 'customed right. --Shak.
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The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
wringed to the quick. --Hayward.
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6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to
wring a mast.
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