Word Meaning

Meaning of "wrings" and the crossword clue

- Bring out
- Show distress, ... ones hands
- Squeeze
- Squeeze and twist to remove liquid
- Squeeze it out of Il writing
- Twist
- Twist and compress
- Twist forcibly
- Twist out of shape
- Squeezes
- To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
- Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
- To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
- To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.
- To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
- To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
- To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
- A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.