Word Finder - wrenches

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A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

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An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.

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A trick or artifice.

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Deceit; guile; treachery.

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A turn at an acute angle.

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A winch or windlass.

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A screw.

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A distorting change from the original meaning.

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A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.

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An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.

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A violent emotional change caused by separation.

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In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.

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Means; contrivance

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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.

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To violently move in a turn or writhe.

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To pull or twist violently.

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With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.

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To turn aside or deflect.

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To slander.

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To tighten with or as if with a winch.

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To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

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Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!

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To distort from the original meaning.

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To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.

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To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.

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To rack with pain.

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To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

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To use the tool known as a wrench.

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The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.