Wrench

noun

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

verb

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

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