| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| wrench |
| 1. n. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. |
| 2. n. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A trick or artifice. |
| 4. n. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. |
| 6. n. (archaic) A winch or windlass. |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A screw. |
| 8. n. A distorting change from the original meaning. |
| 9. n. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. |
| 10. n. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers. |
| 11. n. A violent emotional change caused by separation. |
| 12. n. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. |
| 13. n. (obsolete) means; contrivance |
| 14. n. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging. |
| 15. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. |
| 16. v. To pull or twist violently. |
| With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man. |
| 17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn aside or deflect. |
| 18. v. (transitive, obsolete) To slander. |
| 19. v. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. |
| 20. v. To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. |
| Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones! |
| 21. v. To distort from the original meaning. |
| 22. v. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. |
| 23. v. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. |
| 24. v. To rack with pain. |
| 25. v. To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. |
| 26. v. To use the tool known as a wrench. |
| The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| skiftnyckel |
| 1. n-c. adjustable wrench (US), adjustable spanner (UK) |
