WRENCH

Wrench

A wrench is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects—usually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts—or keep them from turning.

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wrench

Noun

  1. A trick or artifice.
  2. Deceit; guile; treachery.
  3. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
  4. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
  5. A turn at an acute angle.
  6. A winch or windlass.
  7. A screw.
  8. A distorting change from the original meaning.
  9. A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
  10. A violent emotional change caused by separation.
  11. In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
  12. means; contrivance

Verb

  1. To violently move in a turn or writhe.
  2. To pull or twist violently.
    With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
  3. To turn aside or deflect.
  4. To slander.
  5. To tighten with or as if with a winch.
  6. To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
    Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
  7. To distort from the original meaning.
  8. To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
  9. To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
  10. To rack with pain.
  11. To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
  12. To use the tool known as a wrench.
    The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.


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