wring

(rĭng)

v., wrung (rŭng), wring·ing, wrings.

v.tr.

1. To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out.
2. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out.
3. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken.
4. To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress.
5. To clasp firmly and shake (another's hand), as in congratulation.
6. To cause distress to; affect with painful emotion: a tale that wrings the heart.
7. To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure: wrung the truth out of the recalcitrant witness.

v.intr.
To writhe or squirm, as in pain.

n.
The act or an instance of wringing; a squeeze or twist.

[Middle English wringen, from Old English wringan.]

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verb

1. To alter the position of by a sharp, forcible twisting or turning movement: wrench, wrest. See move/halt.
2. To obtain by coercion or intimidation: exact, extort, squeeze, wrench, wrest. Slang shake down. See get/lose.

v

Definition: twist, contort
Antonyms: untwist

IN BRIEF: A twisting squeeze, often used in order to extract liquid.

Wring out the towel if it falls in the water.

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like "wring" which means to squeeze with a twisting motion, is "ring" which is jewelry worn on the hand or the sound of a bell.

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• Violent Actions - wring: twist (another’s neck) with the hands

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vride, presse
v. intr. - vride sig
n. - vridning, vriden

idioms:

• wring one's hands    vride sine hænder
• wring someone's neck    vride halsen om på nogen

Nederlands (Dutch)
(uit)wringen

Français (French)
v. tr. - tordre, essorer, (fig) arracher (confession), (fig) se lamenter
v. intr. - se tordre (de douleur), se contorsionner
n. - essorage, torsion, contorsion

idioms:

• wring one's hands    (lit) se tordre les mains, (fig) se lamenter
• wring someone's neck    (lit, fig) tordre le cou (à qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - drücken, auspressen, wringen, quälen, erpressen
n. - Wringen

idioms:

• wring one's hands    die Hände ringen
• wring someone's neck    jmdm. den Hals umdrehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στύβω, στραγγίζω, συστρέφω, σφίγγω, στρίβω
n. - στύψιμο, στράγγισμα, στρίψιμο, σφίξιμο

idioms:

• wring one's hands    τρίβω τα χέρια μου
• wring someone's neck    καρυδώνω κάποιον

Italiano (Italian)
torcere

idioms:

• wring one's hands    torcersi le mani
• wring someone's neck    torcere il collo a qualcuno

Português (Portuguese)
v. - apertar, contorcer
n. - aperto (m), torcedura (f)

idioms:

• wring one's hands    apertar as mãos
• wring someone's neck    torcer o pescoço

Русский (Russian)
выкручивание, сжатие, острая боль, пресс, скручивать, выжимать, сжимать, причинять страдания, корчиться, искажать, закручивать

idioms:

• wring one's hands    заламывать руки
• wring someone's neck    свернуть кому-л. шею

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - retorcer, estrujar, torcer violentamente, forzar con torcedura
v. intr. - retorcerse
n. - torsión, estrujamiento, apretón (de manos)

idioms:

• wring one's hands    retorcerse las manos
• wring someone's neck    retorcerle a uno el pescuezo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vrida, förvrida, förvanska, trycka, pressa
n. - vridning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拧, 扭, 绞, 蠕动, 扭动, 扭绞, 挤

idioms:

• wring one's hands    为...苦恼或悲痛绝望地绞扭双手, 紧握某人的手
• wring someone's neck    掐某人的脖子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 擰, 扭, 絞
v. intr. - 蠕動, 絞, 扭動
n. - 扭絞, 擠, 擰

idioms:

• wring one's hands    為...苦惱或悲痛絕望地絞扭雙手, 緊握某人的手
• wring someone's neck    掐某人的脖子

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 짜다, (돈 따위를) 우려내다, (짜듯이) 괴롭히다
v. intr. - 짜다, (고통 따위로) 몸부림치다
n. - 쥐어 짬, 손을 부르쥠, 압착기

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 絞る, 絞り出す, 無理やり引き出す, 強くひねる, ねじる, 堅く握る, 締め付ける
n. - 絞ること

idioms:

• wring one's hands    手をもむほどに心配する
• wring someone's neck    （怒りを現して）殺してやる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعصر, ينتزع, يغتصب, يستنزف, يلوي, يميل, يعذب, يوجع (الاسم) عصر, انتزاع, اغتصاب, استنزاف, تعذيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סחט, סובב בכוח, מלק, עינה, ציער, השיג ע"י הצקה‬
v. intr. - ‮סחט, סובב בכוח, סובב את הגוף, מלק, עינה, ציער, השיג ע"י הצקה‬
n. - ‮סחיטה, הצקה‬

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