"wrenchen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwrɛnt͡ʃən/, /ˈwrɛnkən/, /ˈwri-/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną; equivalent to wrench (“trick”) + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|wrenċan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English wrenċan, {{inh+|enm|ang|wrenċan}} Inherited from Old English wrenċan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wrankijan}} Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wrankijaną}} Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną, {{af|enm|wrench|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix|t1=trick}} wrench (“trick”) + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} wrenchen, {{enm-verb|stem=wrench}} wrenchen (third-person singular simple present wrencheth, present participle wrenchende, wrenchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wrenched) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|wrench|wreynt|2a=wrench|c=irr|c2=ed}} Forms: wrencheth [present, singular, third-person], wrenchende [participle, present], wrenchynge [participle, present], wrenched [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], wrenchen [infinitive], to wrenchen [infinitive], wrenche [infinitive], wrenche [first-person, present, singular], wreynte [first-person, past, singular], wrenched [first-person, past, singular], wrenchest [present, second-person, singular], wreyntest [past, second-person, singular], wrenchedest [past, second-person, singular], wrencheth [present, singular, third-person], wreynte [past, singular, third-person], wrenched [past, singular, third-person], wrenche [present, singular, subjunctive], wreynte [past, singular, subjunctive], wrenched [past, singular, subjunctive], wrenche [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], wrenchen [plural, present], wrenche [plural, present], wreynten [past, plural], wreynte [past, plural], wrencheden [past, plural], wrenchede [past, plural], wrencheth [imperative, plural, present], wrenche [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], wrenchynge [participle, present], wrenchende [participle, present], wreynt [participle, past], wrenched [participle, past], ywreynt [participle, past], ywrenched [participle, past], wrenche [alternative], wrynche [alternative], wrenk [alternative], wrenke [alternative]
  1. To move about in pain; to writhe. Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-gfqkB24I Disambiguation of Agriculture: 28 27 16 6 2 19 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 10 9 4 12 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 26 23 12 13 6 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 10 6 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 12 4 2 15 2
  2. To contort or twist; to move out of shape. Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-ddvtGkLH Disambiguation of Agriculture: 28 27 16 6 2 19 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 10 9 4 12 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 26 23 12 13 6 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 10 6 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 12 4 2 15 2
  3. To wrench away; to forcefully take or push. Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-DO9oIaAO Disambiguation of Agriculture: 28 27 16 6 2 19 2 Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 26 23 12 13 6 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 10 6 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 12 4 2 15 2
  4. (rare) To stray; to deviate or cause to deviate. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-g9m1VOvp Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 26 23 12 13 6 14 6
  5. (figuratively, rare) To deflect or shed; to rid oneself of. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-FUsD7y5q
  6. (figuratively, rare) To distort or contort; to make unrecognisable. Tags: figuratively, rare Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-0eqRzXHh Disambiguation of Agriculture: 28 27 16 6 2 19 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 10 9 4 12 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 26 23 12 13 6 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 32 10 6 3 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 12 4 2 15 2
  7. (figuratively, rare) To plot or plan; to devise a strategy. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-wrenchen-enm-verb-bybVw5WS

Alternative forms

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      "form": "wrenche",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "wrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "wrenchedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "wrenched",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "wreynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "wrenche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenchede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "wrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ywreynt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenche",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrynche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenke",
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      ]
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        "To move about in pain; to writhe."
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        "To contort or twist; to move out of shape."
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          "contort"
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        "To wrench away; to forcefully take or push."
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        "To stray; to deviate or cause to deviate."
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        [
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          "stray"
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          "deviate"
        ],
        [
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          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To stray; to deviate or cause to deviate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To deflect or shed; to rid oneself of."
      ],
      "id": "en-wrenchen-enm-verb-FUsD7y5q",
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          "deflect",
          "deflect"
        ],
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
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        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To deflect or shed; to rid oneself of."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distort or contort; to make unrecognisable."
      ],
      "id": "en-wrenchen-enm-verb-0eqRzXHh",
      "links": [
        [
          "distort",
          "distort"
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        [
          "contort",
          "contort"
        ],
        [
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          "unrecognisable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To distort or contort; to make unrecognisable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To plot or plan; to devise a strategy."
      ],
      "id": "en-wrenchen-enm-verb-bybVw5WS",
      "links": [
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "strategy",
          "strategy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To plot or plan; to devise a strategy."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈwrɛnt͡ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwrɛnkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwri-/"
    }
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}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "form": "wrenchende",
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      "form": "wrenchen",
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    },
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      "form": "to wrenchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "wrenche",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenche",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "wreynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrenchest",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wreyntest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrenchedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "wrenche",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wreynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wreynten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wreynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wrencheden",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "wrenchede",
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        "present"
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        "present"
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      "form": "-",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "wrenchynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenchende",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ywreynt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywrenched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrynche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrenke",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    },
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        "stem": "wrench"
      },
      "expansion": "wrenchen (third-person singular simple present wrencheth, present participle wrenchende, wrenchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wrenched)",
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    }
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        "c": "irr",
        "c2": "ed"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move about in pain; to writhe."
      ],
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        [
          "move",
          "move"
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        [
          "about",
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          "pain",
          "pain"
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        [
          "writhe",
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      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To contort or twist; to move out of shape."
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          "contort",
          "contort"
        ],
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          "twist",
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          "shape",
          "shape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To wrench away; to forcefully take or push."
      ],
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        [
          "wrench",
          "wrench"
        ],
        [
          "forcefully",
          "forcefully"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "push",
          "push"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stray; to deviate or cause to deviate."
      ],
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        [
          "stray",
          "stray"
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          "deviate",
          "deviate"
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          "cause",
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      ],
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        "(rare) To stray; to deviate or cause to deviate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deflect or shed; to rid oneself of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "deflect"
        ],
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To deflect or shed; to rid oneself of."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distort or contort; to make unrecognisable."
      ],
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          "distort"
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          "contort",
          "contort"
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          "unrecognisable",
          "unrecognisable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To distort or contort; to make unrecognisable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To plot or plan; to devise a strategy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "strategy",
          "strategy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To plot or plan; to devise a strategy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwrɛnt͡ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwrɛnkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwri-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrenchen"
}

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