Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - wring
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Wring
wring
~ v past tense and past participle wrung, 1 always + adv/prep to succeed in getting money, information, an agreement etc from someone, but only after a lot of effort (wring sth from sb/out of sb) (We finally succeeded in wringing a confession out of him.) 2 also wring out to tightly twist a wet cloth or wet clothes in order to force out the water 3 wring your hands to rub and twist your hands together because you are worried and upset 4 wring sth's neck to kill something such as a chicken by twisting its neck 5 I'll wring sb's neck spoken used when someone has made you angry (If you say that again I'll wring your neck!) 6 wringing wet extremely wet 7 wring sb's hand to shake hands very firmly with someone 8 wring your heart/soul literary to make you feel very sorry for someone
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(wrings, wringing, wrung) 1. If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to. Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers... = squeeze VERB: V n out of/from n 2. If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it. The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn’t good enough. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (wrung; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~an; akin to Old High German ringan to struggle, Lithuanian rengtis to bend down, Old English wyrgan to strangle — more at worry Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid ~ a towel dry 2. to extract or obtain by or as if by twisting and compressing ~ water from a towel ~ a confession from the suspect 3. a. to twist so as to strain or sprain into a distorted shape I could ~ your neck b. to twist together (clasped hands) as a sign of anguish 4. to affect painfully as if by ~ing ; torment a tragedy that ~s the heart intransitive verb squirm, writhe • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. (past and past part. wrung) 1 a squeeze tightly. b (often foll. by out) squeeze and twist esp. to remove liquid. 2 twist forcibly; break by twisting. 3 distress or torture. 4 extract by squeezing. 5 (foll. by out, from) obtain by pressure or importunity; extort. --n. an act of wringing; a squeeze. Phrases and idioms wring a person's hand clasp it forcibly or press it with emotion. wring one's hands clasp them as a gesture of great distress. wring the neck of kill (a chicken etc.) by twisting its neck. Etymology: OE wringan, rel. to WRONG ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. выкручивание she gave the shirt a wring —- она выжала (мокрую) рубашку 2. пожатие (руки); сжатие 3. острая боль, колики (особ. в желудке) 4. диал. пресс (винодельческий или сыроваренный) 5. скручивать to wring smb.'s neck —- свернуть кому-л. шею to wring one's hands —- заламывать руки 6. выжимать, отжимать (также wring out) to wring clothes (out) —- выжимать белье to wring the water from (out of) the towel —- выжать полотенце 7. пожимать, сжимать to wring smb.'s hand —- крепко пожать кому-л. руку 8. жать (об обуви) a boot wrings the toe —- ботинок жмет в большом пальце 9. причинять страдания, терзать, мучить the baby's sufferings wrung its mother's heart —- страдания ребенка терзали сердце матери 10. (from, out of) вымогать to wring consent out of smb. —- вынудить кого-л. согласиться I wrung a promise from him —- я вырвал у него обещание 11. корчиться, извиваться 12. извращать to wring words from their true meaning —- исказить истинный смысл слов 13. искажать a smile wrung his lips —- его губы искривились в улыбке 14. ввертывать, ввинчивать; завертывать, закручивать (также to wring up) 15. (down) прижимать; придавливать 16. мучиться, страдать (от боли, беспокойства и т. п.) Id: to know where the shoe wrings (one) —- знать, где болит (в чем беда) Id: wrung in the withers —- с натертой холкой (о лошади); виноватый, с нечистой совестью ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun скручивание, выжимание и пр. [см. wring 2. ] 2. v. 1) скручивать; to wring ones hands - ломать себе руки; to wring smb. s hand - крепко сжать, пожать кому-л. руку 2) жать (об обуви) 3) терзать 4) выжимать (тж. wring out); wringing wet - мокрый, хоть выжми 5) вымогать, исторгать (тж. wring out; from, out of); to wring consent - принудить согласиться; to wring a promise from smb. - вырвать у кого-л. обещание ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. wringan "press, strain, wring" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, pp. wrungen), from P.Gmc. *wrenganan. Related to wrangle. Wringer "device for squeezing water from clothes" first recorded 1799. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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