Vi fant 9 definisjoner av wrest på engelsk.
Verb |
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| 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" | ||
Substantiv |
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| 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 |
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| wrest - To pull or twist violently. | ||
| wrest - To obtain by pulling or violent force. | ||
| wrest - To seize. | ||
| wrest - To twist, pervert, distort. |