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1. n. plural of wrench | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
wrench | |
1. n. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. n. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. n. (obsolete) A trick or artifice. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. n. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. n. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. n. (archaic) A winch or windlass. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. n. (obsolete) A screw. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. n. A distorting change from the original meaning. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. n. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
10. n. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
11. n. A violent emotional change caused by separation. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
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. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
13. n. (obsolete) means; contrivance | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
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. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
15. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
16. v. To pull or twist violently. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn aside or deflect. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
18. v. (transitive, obsolete) To slander. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
19. v. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
20. v. To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones! | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
21. v. To distort from the original meaning. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
22. v. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
23. v. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
24. v. To rack with pain. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
25. v. To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
26. v. To use the tool known as a wrench. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |