ALL meanings of wrest
wrest
W w - noun wrest A key for tuning a harp or piano. 1
- verb with object wrest to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist. 1
- verb with object wrest to take away by force: to wrest a knife from a child. 1
- verb with object wrest to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil. 1
- verb with object wrest to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench. 1
- noun wrest a wresting; twist or wrench. 1
- noun wrest a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened. 1
- transitive verb wrest pull away by force 1
- transitive verb wrest twist, wring 1
- transitive verb wrest obtain by force 1
- noun wrest The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion. 0
- noun wrest (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Active or motive power. 0
- noun wrest (music) A key to tune a stringed instrument. 0
- noun wrest A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined. 0
- verb wrest To pull or twist violently. 0
- verb wrest To obtain by pulling or violent force. 0
- verb wrest (figuratively) To seize. 0
- verb wrest (figuratively) To twist, pervert, distort. 0
- verb wrest To tune with a wrest, or key. 0
- verb wrest If you wrest something from someone else, you take it from them, especially when this is difficult or illegal. 0
- verb wrest If you wrest something from someone who is holding it, you take it from them by pulling or twisting it violently. 0
- verb wrest to take or force away by violent pulling or twisting 0
- verb wrest to seize forcibly by violent or unlawful means 0
- verb wrest to obtain by laborious effort 0
- verb wrest to distort in meaning, purpose, etc 0
- noun wrest the act or an instance of wresting 0
- noun wrest a small key used to tune a piano or harp 0
- verb transitive wrest to turn or twist; esp., to pull or force away violently with a twisting motion 0
- verb transitive wrest to take or extract by force; usurp; extort; wring 0
- verb transitive wrest to distort or change the true meaning, purpose, use, etc. of; pervert; twist 0
- noun wrest the act of wresting; a twist; wrench 0