amerikai:
brit:
1. To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.
2. To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.
3. To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
4. To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
Szinonimák: elicit, provoke
5. To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
to wring one's hands (with worry, etc.)
Szinonimák: strangle, throttle
6. To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
Szinonimák: torment, torture
7. To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
8. To twist, as if in pain.
Szinonimák: writhe
9. To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
Szinonimák: distort, pervert, twist, wrest
10. To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
11. To bend or strain out of its position.
to wring a mast