wrests

Meaning of wrests

verb, 3rd person present
  1. forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp.
    Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold
  2. distort the meaning or interpretation of (something) to suit one's own interests or views.
    you appear convinced of my guilt, and wrest every reply I have made

plural noun

a key for tuning a harp or piano.

Old English wrǣstan ‘twist, tighten’, of Germanic origin; related to Danish vriste, also to wrist.

Information about wrests

  • The singular form of wrests is: wrest.
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Hyphenation of wrests

wrests

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • wrests is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wrests synonyms

Meaning pull or twist suddenly and violently:

wrench

Meaning quickly secure or obtain (something) when a chance presents itself:

snatch

Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:

seize

Meaning grasp or seize suddenly and roughly:

grab

Meaning artificially hasten the development or maturity of (a plant):

force

Meaning remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable):

peel

Meaning take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place:

pluck

Meaning remove by pulling forcefully:

tear

Meaning tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone:

rip

Meaning lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort:

heave

Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:

twist

Meaning pull (something) hard or suddenly:

tug

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself:

pull

Meaning move or cause to move with a jerk:

jerk

Meaning knock or force out of position:

dislodge

Meaning inquire too closely into a person's private affairs:

pry

Meaning pull with a jerk:

yank

Anagrams of wrests

strews

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