Definisjon av wrest

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Verb

wrest - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
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Substantiv

wrest - The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
wrest - Active or motive power.
wrest - A key to tune a stringed instrument.
wrest - A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Verb

wrest - To pull or twist violently.
wrest - To obtain by pulling or violent force.
wrest - To seize.
wrest - To twist, pervert, distort.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) wrest
  • Presens: wrest / wrests
  • Preteritum: wrested
  • Perfektum: (have) wrested

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