Word List

  • Wrest (v. t.)

    To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

  • Wrest (v. t.)

    To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

  • Wrest (v. t.)

    To tune with a wrest, or key.

  • Wrest (n.)

    The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.

  • Wrest (n.)

    Active or moving power.

  • Wrest (n.)

    A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

  • Wrest (n.)

    A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

  • wrest (verb, transitive ver)

    to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements

  • wrest (verb, transitive ver)

    to gain with difficulty by or as if by force, violence, or determined labor

  • wrest (noun)

    the action of wresting : wrench

  • wrest (noun)

    a key or wrench used for turning pins in a stringed instrument (such as a piano)

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