Wrung

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[aum]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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrung \Wrung\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Wring}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wring
       n : a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: {squeeze}]
       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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wrung
       See {wring}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrung":
     afflicted, agonized, clawed, convulsed, crucified, distressed,
     harrowed, hurt, hurting, in distress, in pain, lacerated,
     lancinated, martyred, martyrized, on the rack, pained, racked,
     ripped, savaged, suffering, tormented, tortured, twisted,
     under the harrow, wounded