Definition of "wrench"
- verb
To use the tool known as a wrench.
To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
To rack with pain.
To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
To distort from the original meaning.
To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
To tighten with or as if with a winch.
To slander.
To turn aside or deflect.
To pull or twist violently.
To violently move in a turn or writhe.
- noun
Means; contrivance.
In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
A violent emotional change caused by separation.
A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
A distorting change from the original meaning.
A screw.
A winch or windlass.
A turn at an acute angle.
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
Deceit; guile; treachery.
A trick or artifice.
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