Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wrench
Wrench
wrench
n. & v. --n. 1 a violent twist or oblique pull or act of tearing off. 2 an adjustable tool like a spanner for gripping and turning nuts etc. 3 an instance of painful uprooting or parting (leaving home was a great wrench). 4 Physics a combination of a couple with the force along its axis. --v.tr. 1 twist or pull violently round or sideways. 2 (often foll. by off, away, etc.) pull off with a wrench. 3 distort (facts) to suit a theory etc. Etymology: (earlier as verb:) OE wrencan twist
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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 to move with a violent twist, to pull or strain at something with violent twisting, transitive verb to twist violently, to injure or disable by a violent twisting or straining , change, 4. to pull or tighten by violent twisting or with violence, to snatch forcibly ; wrest, to cause to suffer mental anguish ; rack, ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1530 1. a violent twisting or a pull with or as if with twisting, a sharp twist or sudden jerk straining muscles or ligaments, a distorting or perverting alteration, acute emotional distress ; sudden violent mental change, a hand or power tool for holding, twisting, or turning an object (as a bolt or nut), monkey ~ 2 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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