Meaning

10 senses

  1. (transitive)To pull or twist violently.

    With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.

    drehen

    вывёртыватьvyvjórtyvatʹ, вырыва́тьvyryvátʹ, тяну́тьtjanútʹ

    twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

  2. (transitive)To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

    Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!

    verrenken

    вы́вихнутьvývixnutʹ

  3. (transitive)To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.

  4. (transitive)To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.

  5. (transitive)To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

  6. (transitive)To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.

    The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.

    вывёртыватьvyvjórtyvatʹ, выкру́чиватьvykrúčivatʹ

    twist suddenly so as to sprain

  7. (intransitive, obsolete)To violently move in a turn or writhe.

  8. (obsolete, transitive)To tighten with or as if with a winch.

  9. (obsolete, transitive)To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.

    make a sudden twisting motion

  10. (intransitive, obsolete)To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.

Examples

56 sentences

  1. Could you hand me that wrench?

    Ти не міг би подати мені он той гайковий ключ? — deniko

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  2. Hand me the wrench.

    Передай мені гайковий ключ. — deniko

    ruДай гаечный ключ. — Biga

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  3. I need a wrench.

    Мені потрібний гайковий ключ. — deniko

    deIch brauche einen Schraubenschlüssel. — brauchinet

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  4. Do you have a wrench?

    У тебе є гайковий ключ? — deniko

    ruУ тебя есть гаечный ключ? — marafon

    deHabt ihr einen Schraubenschlüssel? — mhr

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  5. Hand me that wrench.

    Подай мені он той гайковий ключ. — deniko

    ruПодай мне тот гаечный ключ. — marafon

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to pull or twist:
to sprain a joint:
to use a wrench:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pull or twist:
to sprain a joint:

Origin

From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankija

From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną. Compare German renken.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

wrenches, wrenching, wrenched, wrenched
Base formwrench · to wrench
3rd person singularwrenches
Present participlewrenching
Past simplewrenched
Past participlewrenched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywrench
he, she, itwrenches

Past simpleLesson

all personswrenched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wrenched
he, she, ithas wrenched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wrench

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates:twist
  • twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish:wring
  • twist suddenly so as to sprain:twistsprainturnwrickrick

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wreckB2wreckagewreckerwrenwrestwrestle

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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