- wrencan
- wv/t1b to twist; spin intrigues, devise plots
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wrencan
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Wrench — Wrench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrenching}.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See {Wrench}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrenched — Wrench Wrench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrenching}.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See {Wrench}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrenching — Wrench Wrench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrenching}.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See {Wrench}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrench — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrencan; akin to Old High German renken to twist and perhaps to Latin vergere to bend, incline Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move with a violent twist; also to undergo… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wrinkle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, back formation from wrinkled twisted, winding, probably from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian to wind, from ge , perfective prefix + wrinclian (akin to wrencan to wrench) more at co Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wer- — I. wer 1 To raise, lift, hold suspended. Oldest form *ə₂wer . 1. Basic form *awer . aorta, arsis, arterio , arteriole, artery; meteor, from Greek āeirein, to raise, and … Universalium
wrench — wrencher, n. wrenchingly, adv. /rench/, v.t. 1. to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner s wrist. 2. to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist: When she… … Universalium
wrench — wrench1 [rentʃ] v [: Old English; Origin: wrencan] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to twist and pull something roughly from the place where it is being held ▪ I wrenched the packet from his grasp. ▪ The door had been wrenched open. 2.) wrench … Dictionary of contemporary English
renken — (heute in der Regel ein , aus , verrenken) Vsw per. Wortschatz phras. (10. Jh.) mhd. renken, ahd. (bi)renken. Stammwort Aus wg. * wrank ija Vsw. renken , auch in ae. wrencan. Nasalierung einer Tektalerweiterung von (ig.) * wer drehen , wie auch… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
wrench — {{11}}wrench (n.) O.E. wrenc a twisting, artifice, trick; see WRENCH (Cf. wrench) (v.). The meaning tool with jaws for turning is first recorded 1794. {{12}}wrench (v.) O.E. wrencan to twist, from P.Gmc. *wrankijanan (Cf. O.H.G. renken, Ger.… … Etymology dictionary
