WREST
Dictionary entry overview: What does wrest mean? • WREST (verb)
The verb WREST has 1 sense:
1. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
Familiarity information: WREST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WREST (verb)
Meaning:
Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
wrest the knife from his hands / wrest a meaning from the old text / wrest power from the old government
Hypernyms (to "wrest" is one way to...):
seize (take or capture by force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
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