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Wrench

noun

/rentʃ/

Meaning

a tool used for gripping and turning nuts, bolts, or pipes

to pull or twist suddenly and violently

He used a wrench to tighten the bolt.

He wrenched the door open in anger.

throw a wrench into

spanner, tool, adjustable wrench, twist, yank, jerk, pull

Entry 1

spanner, tool, adjustable wrench

Entry 2

twist, yank, jerk, pull

release, loosen, relax

pipe wrench, adjustable wrench, monkey wrench, wrench free, wrench away, emotional wrench

Entry 1

pipe wrench, adjustable wrench, monkey wrench

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wrench free, wrench away, emotional wrench

to put clothes or accessories on your body

Make something continue indefinitely. To preserve from extinction or oblivion.

To implant or fix deeply, often used in the sense of grafting an idea or quality.

To obtain something from a source.

to move gently through the air, carried by a breeze

to travel all the way around something, especially the earth