WRING (wrung)
Dictionary entry overview: What does wring mean?
• WRING (noun)
The noun WRING has 1 sense:
1. a twisting squeeze
Familiarity information: WRING used as a noun is very rare.
• WRING (verb)
The verb WRING has 4 senses:
1. twist and press out of shape
2. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
3. obtain by coercion or intimidation
4. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
Familiarity information: WRING used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WRING (noun)
Meaning:
A twisting squeeze
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
wring; squeeze
Context example:
gave the wet cloth a wring
Hypernyms ("wring" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
• WRING (verb)
Meaning:
Twist and press out of shape
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wring; contort; deform; distort
Hypernyms (to "wring" is one way to...):
distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wring"):
morph (change shape as via computer animation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wring; wrench
Context example:
Wring one's hand
Hypernyms (to "wring" is one way to...):
distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)
Meaning:
Obtain by coercion or intimidation
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
extort; gouge; wring; rack; squeeze
Context examples:
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss / They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
Hypernyms (to "wring" is one way to...):
fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wring"):
bleed (get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
wring the towels
Hypernyms (to "wring" is one way to...):
crush; mash; squash; squeeze; squelch (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
