Wring

/ɹɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out..

Definitions by Sense

1. Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
2. Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
3. To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
4. To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
5. To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
6. To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
7. Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
8. To cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to harm, to hurt, to injure.

Example Sentences

I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.

[…] Protagenes portrai[e]d Venus vvith a ſponge ſprinkled with ſvvéete vvater, but if once ſhe vvrong it, it vvould droppe blood: […]

O my belly ſeeths like a Porridge-pot, ſome cold water I ſhall boyle ouer elſe; my whole body is in a ſweat, that you may wring my ſhirt; feele here— […]

[T]hat greater numbers of them [pores], […] are perforations that paſs quite through the Leather, may, not improbably, be ſhewn by the uſual Practice of Chymiſts, to purify Quick-ſilver by typing it up ſtrictly in a piece of kids or ſheeps Leather, and then wringing it hard to force it out; […]

[W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths.

[H]e had sometimes wrung a dirty dishcloth into a customer’s soup before taking it in, just to be revenged upon a member of the bourgeoisie.

Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.

And whan he roſe vp early on the morow, he wrãge [wrange] yͤ dew out of the fleſe, and fylled a dyſſhe full of water.

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• wringing
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• wrang
• wringed
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