Definition of wrest Wrest
/ΙΉΙΛst/ - [rest] - wrest
We found 17 definitions of wrest from 4 different sources.
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What does wrest mean?
WordNet
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| wrest - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government" | ||
| seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wrest (Noun)
The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion. - wrest (Noun)
Active or motive power. - wrest (Noun)
A key to tune a stringed instrument . - wrest (Noun)
A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined. - wrest (Verb)
To pull or twist violently. - wrest (Verb)
To obtain by pulling or violent force. - wrest (Verb)
To seize. - wrest (Verb)
To twist, pervert, distort.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- wrest (v. t.)
To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. - wrest (v. t.)
To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort. - wrest (v. t.)
To tune with a wrest, or key. - wrest (n.)
The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. - wrest (n.)
Active or moving power. - wrest (n.)
A key to tune a stringed instrument of music. - wrest (n.)
A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
