| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| wrench | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] der Ruck, Stoß | |
| 3. [2] Physik: die Drehung | |
| 4. [3] Technik, (US-amerikanisch) der Schraubenschlüssel | |
| 5. [4] Verrenkung (schmerzhafte Verletzung, die bei der plötzlichen Drehung eines Gelenks entsteht) | |
| 6. [5] Trennungsschmerz, Abschiedsschmerz | |
| 7. Verb: | |
| 8. [1] reißen, abreißen, entreißen, losreißen | |
| 9. [2] drehen | |
| 10. [3] Verletzung: | |
| 11. [a] zerren | |
| 12. [b] verrenken | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| wrench | |
| 1. subst. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. |  |
| 2. subst. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | |
| 3. subst. (obsolete) A trick or artifice. | |
| 4. subst. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. | |
| 5. subst. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. | |
| 6. subst. (archaic) A winch or windlass. | |
| 7. subst. (obsolete) A screw. | |
| 8. subst. A distorting change from the original meaning. | |
| 9. subst. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. | |
| 10. subst. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers. | |
| 11. subst. A violent emotional change caused by separation. | |
| 12. subst. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. | |
| 13. subst. (obsolete) means; contrivance | |
| 14. subst. 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. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Schraubenschlüssel | |
| 1. n-m. spanner ; wrench | |
