'Wrench' definitions:
Definition of 'wrench'
From: WordNet
noun
A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull]
noun
A jerky pulling movement [syn: twist, wrench]
noun
A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt [syn: wrench, spanner]
verb
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" [syn: wrench, twist]
verb
Make a sudden twisting motion
verb
Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" [syn: wring, wrench]
verb
Definition of 'Wrench'
From: GCIDE
- Wrench \Wrench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrenching.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See Wrench, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence. [1913 Webster]
- Wrench his sword from him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert. [1913 Webster]
- You wrenched your foot against a stone. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wrench'
From: GCIDE
- Wrench \Wrench\ (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness, renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [root]144. See Wring, and cf. Ranch, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting. [1913 Webster]
- He wringeth them such a wrench. --Skelton. [1913 Webster]
- The injurious effect upon biographic literature of all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused everywhere. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench. [1913 Webster]
- Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing or tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or wagon.
- Monkey wrench. See under Monkey.
- Wrench hammer, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit of being used as a hammer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wrench'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- abrasion,
- ache,
- aching,
- acute pain,
- adjustable wrench,
- Allen wrench,
- alligator wrench,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- asymmetry,
- badger,
- bark,
- belie,
- bend,
- bite,
- blackmail,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- blow,
- bob,
- boring pain,
- box wrench,
- break,
- buckle,
- burlesque,
- burn,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- carriage wrench,
- chafe,
- chain wrench,
- charley horse,
- check,
- chip,
- claim,
- claw,
- coerce,
- color,
- compel,
- concussion,
- confuse,
- constrain,
- contort,
- contortion,
- crack,
- crackle,
- cramp,
- cramps,
- craze,
- crick,
- crook,
- crookedness,
- crumple,
- cut,
- darting pain,
- demand,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- disguise,
- disproportion,
- distort,
- distortion,
- distress,
- dolor,
- drag,
- exact,
- exaction,
- exaggerate,
- extort,
- extortion,
- falsify,
- flash burn,
- flick,
- flip,
- flirt,
- flounce,
- force,
- force from,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- fulgurant pain,
- gall,
- garble,
- gash,
- get one wrong,
- get wrong,
- girdle pain,
- gloss,
- gnarl,
- gnawing,
- gouge,
- grief,
- griping,
- hitch,
- hurt,
- imbalance,
- incise,
- incision,
- injure,
- injury,
- irregularity,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigger,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jumping pain,
- kink,
- knot,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- lancinating pain,
- lesion,
- levy blackmail,
- lopsidedness,
- lug wrench,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- maul,
- misapply,
- misapprehend,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misconceive,
- misconstrue,
- misdeem,
- misexplain,
- misexplicate,
- misexpound,
- misinterpret,
- misjudge,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misrender,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- mistake,
- misteach,
- mistranslate,
- misunderstand,
- monkey wrench,
- mortal wound,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- nasty blow,
- nip,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- pain,
- pang,
- parody,
- paroxysm,
- passion,
- pervert,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- pipe wrench,
- pluck,
- prick,
- pry loose from,
- puncture,
- quirk,
- rend,
- rend from,
- rending,
- rent,
- rick,
- rip,
- rip from,
- ripping,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- screw,
- screw key,
- scuff,
- second-degree burn,
- seizure,
- shake down,
- sharp pain,
- shock,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- shooting pain,
- skin,
- slant,
- slash,
- slit,
- snake,
- snatch,
- snatch from,
- socket wrench,
- sore,
- sore spot,
- spanner,
- spark-plug wrench,
- spasm,
- sprain,
- spring,
- squeeze,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- stabbing pain,
- start,
- stick,
- Stillson wrench,
- stitch,
- strain,
- strain the sense,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- stroke,
- sudden pull,
- suffering,
- tap wrench,
- tappet wrench,
- tear,
- tear from,
- tearing,
- tender spot,
- third-degree burn,
- thrill,
- throes,
- tormen,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- torture,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- travesty,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- tweak,
- twinge,
- twist,
- twist the words,
- twitch,
- understate,
- unsymmetry,
- warp,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench from,
- wrenching,
- wrest,
- wresting,
- wring,
- wring from,
- wringing,
- writhe,
- wry,
- yank,
- yerk
Words containing 'Wrench'
- Wrenched,
- Wrenching,
- s wrench,
- Carriage wrench,
- Hook wrench,
- Hose wrench,
- Key wrench,
- Lug wrench,
- Monkey wrench,
- Pipe wrench,
- Screw wrench,
- Socket wrench,
- Stillson wrench,
- Wrench hammer,
- adjustable wrench,
- allen wrench,
- alligator wrench,
- box wrench,
- brace wrench,
- bulldog wrench,
- chain wrench,
- crescent wrench,
- dog wrench,
- pin wrench,
- sparkplug wrench,
- tap wrench,
- tappet wrench,
- torque wrench,
- tube wrench,
- box end wrench,
- monkey-wrench,
- open-end wrench