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Definition wrench

Etymology 1

From Middle English wrench, from Old English wren?, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz (“a turning, twisting”). Compare German Rank (“plot, intrigue”).

Noun

wrench (plural wrenches)

1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [From XVI century.]
2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [From XVI century.]
3. (obsolete) A trick or artifice. [From VIII century.]
4. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. [From XIII century.]
5. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. [From XVI century.]
6. (archaic) A winch or windlass. [From XVI century.]
7. (obsolete) A screw. [From XVI century.]
8. A distorting change from the original meaning. [From XVII century.]
9. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. [From XVIII century.]
10. (Britain) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
11. A violent emotional change caused by separation. [From XIX century.]
12. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. [From XIX century.]
13. (obsolete) means; contrivance
14. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wren?an, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijan?. Compare German renken.

Verb

wrench (third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. [From XI century.]
2. (transitive) To pull or twist violently. [From XIII century.]
3. (transitive, obsolete) To turn aside or deflect. [From XIII century.]
4. (transitive, obsolete) To slander. [From XIV century.]
5. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. [From XVI century.]
6. (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. [From XVI century.]
7. (transitive) To distort from the original meaning. [From XVI century.]
8. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. [From XVI century.]
9. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. [From XVIII century.]
10. (transitive) To rack with pain. [From XVIII century.]
11. (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. [From XVIII century.]
12. (transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench. [From XIX century.]

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