noun
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A powerful squeezing or twisting action.
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I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.
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Pain or distress.
verb
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To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
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I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.
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To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
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Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.
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To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
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To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
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To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
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to wring one's hands (with worry, etc.)
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To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
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To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
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To twist, as if in pain.
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To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
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To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
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To bend or strain out of its position.
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to wring a mast
Examples of wring in a Sentence
Let me wring you out!
But the emotional side of him wanted to wring the man's neck.
Wring the sponge into the pulp tub as you go.
Wring it out and fold it into a rectangle.
Be very careful when washing the undergarments -- never twist, wring or attempt to stretch the material afterwards to get the water out.
Wet a clean cloth and wring out as much water as possible.
Rinse gently - don't wring - and then lay flat to dry.
Remove your garters, rinse them in cool water then wring the water out.
Wring the body stocking gently to remove excess water.
A lady in our street calls herself the village belle, some want to ring her up, others want to wring her neck.
Don't wring it out but instead roll it in a towel to absorb the bulk of the water, then lay it out flat to dry.
Cool, gentle hand wash, do not agitate or wring, dry flat, do not spin or tumble dry.
Shall we just wring our hands at what the local lads get up to?
The effect of the imperial organization was to wring the last solidus out of the emaciated and fever-stricken population of Italy, and the belief.
Wring it out and change the water often.
Just be sure not to wring the water out of the panties when you move them over to a towel to air dry.
Vara carefully tied a rope beneath her arms and cinched it tight enough to wring blood from the wet clothing.
Unfortunately people appear to see the Garvaghy Road as a parade in isolation in order to wring further concessions from Portadown District.
Games are often developed for specific platforms, with coders trying to wring the last iota of performance from obscure hardware features.
Behind them a third girl is using a small mangle to wring out the clothes.
So long as the emperor really reigned, they enjoyed only such liberties as they could wring from him, or as he voluntarily conferred.
Clean mops with soap and water rinsing in a bleach solution, wring as dry as possible and then hang to dry.
Wet a soft terrycloth mop in the cleaning solution, and wring it out until it is only slightly damp.
Wring the excess dye from the shirt and stick it in a sealable plastic bag.
Do n't wring out or agitate too much and dry flat.
Cool hand wash or can be dry cleaned, do not wring or spin, dry flat, do not iron.
For however the world may have made progress there are still many situations that wring the heart with anguish.
Stopped at Tintern Station picnic site to wring out the water.
If you have a freezer you could wring out a wet towel and freeze it.
To begin sponging, wet the sponge with water and wring it well.
Don't wring, as it wears out the fabric.
Do not wring out after washing, rinsing or before drying.
However, personal knowledge and application of right and wring is not the only thing that matters in a discussion of business ethics.
Make sure you wring out the cloth before you use it to wipe the DVD.
Rinse the lace garment and squeeze the water out, being careful not to wring the garment.
It accepted the status quo as a working basis, but no amount of pressure could wring from it a disavowal of Trumbic and his colleagues.
And the little princess began to cry capriciously like a suffering child and to wring her little hands even with some affectation.
Wring out the excess moisture, and keep the cloth against the boil for ten minutes.
Always use a mild soap and be sure not to twist or wring.
Just wash, wring, and hang dry; you'll love this hassle-free garment.
Deidre wanted to wring Gabriel's neck for wasting thousands of years with someone like this.
He refused stubbornly on the following days to give information concerning his accomplices; on the 8th he gave a narrative of the plot, but it was not till the 9th, when the fugitive conspirators had been taken at Holbeche, that torture could wring from him their names.
By 1 3 05 the burgesses had become so powerful as to wring a most liberal grant of privileges from their then seigneur William de Braose (fourth in descent from his namesake to whom Gower was granted by King John in 1203), and he bound himself to pay LSoo to the king and 500 marks to any burgess in the event of his infringing any of the rights contained in it.
Their aim was to abolish all villein-service, and to wring from their lords the commutation of all manorial customs and obligations for a small rentfourpence an acre was generally the sum suggested.
The ill-considered journey to Madrid, in which Prince Charles, accompanied by Buckingham, hoped to wring from the Spanish statesmen a promise to restore the Palatinate in compliment for his marriage with the infanta, ended also in total failure.
In bands they came from the provinces to Medina to wring concessions from Othman, who, though his armies were spreading terror from the Indus and Oxus to the Atlantic, had no troops at hand in Medina.