wring
verb
1. twist and press out of shape
Similar word(s): contort, deform, distort
Definition categories: contact, distort, twine, twist
2. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- Wring one's hand
Similar word(s): wrench
Definition categories: contact, distort, twine, twist
3. obtain by coercion or intimidation
Similar word(s): extort, gouge, rack, squeeze
Definition categories: possession, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
4. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- wring the towels
Definition categories: contact, crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch
Sentences with wring as a verb:
- You must wring your wet jeans before hanging them out to dry.
- The police said they would wring the truth out of that heinous criminal.
- Some of the patients waiting in the dentist's office were wringing their hands nervously.
- He said he'd wring my neck if I told his girlfriend.
- to wring a mast