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"word": "hand wringing"
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"word": "wringing wet"
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"word": "wring out"
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"word": "wring-stave"
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"expansion": "Dutch wringen",
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"2": "reñgtis",
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},
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{
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"expansion": "Middle Low German wringen",
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},
"expansion": "Low German wringen",
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{
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"expansion": "Old Frisian *wringa",
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"expansion": "West Frisian wringe",
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"expansion": "Middle High German ringen",
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"expansion": "German wringen",
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"t": "to wrestle"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English wringen, wryngen from Old English wringan (“to wring”), from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, twist, wring”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ-.\ncognates\n* Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast”)\n* Dutch wringen\n* Lithuanian reñgtis (“to bend down”)\n* Middle Low German wringen (Low German wringen)\n* Old Frisian *wringa (West Frisian wringe)\n* Old High German rinkan, ringan, ringan (Middle High German ringen, modern German wringen, German ringen (“to wrestle”))",
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{
"text": "I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.",
"type": "example"
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"Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out."
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[
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[
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"Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out."
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{
"ref": "1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, part 1, page 25",
"text": "“I feel I’ve been wrung through a wringer,” Maggie said.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.",
"To squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer."
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[
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"wringer",
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"(transitive)",
"Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.",
"To squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer."
],
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"en:wringer"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer",
"word": "puristaa"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1952, Zora Neale Hurston, “Backstage and the Railroad”, in William Loren Katz, editor, Dust Tracks on a Road (The American Negro: His History and Literature), New York, N.Y.: Arno Press and The New York Times, published 1969, →OCLC, page 128",
"text": "Heinz could have wrung enough vinegar out of Cally’s look to run his pickle works.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1989, John Irving, “The Finger”, in A Prayer for Owen Meany […], New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, page 381",
"text": "[…] I thought that he was as pleased by the shock value of what he had to say as he was thrilled by the spectacle of wringing his own blood from the sodden gauze pad into the sodden towel.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-hA9lmUef",
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"(transitive)",
"(also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it."
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it",
"word": "facsar"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it",
"word": "kifacsar"
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"word": "kisajtol"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to wring someone’s hand (that is, shake hands vigorously with someone)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to wring the neck of a chicken",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, 1st UK edition, London: Atlantic Books, page 262",
"text": "Every chance you got you just stared at yourself in a mirror with open lips, and I had to wring your ears to make you do any work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest."
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"wrest",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest."
],
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"word": "strangle"
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{
"word": "throttle"
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to wring one’s hands with worry",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.",
"To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc."
],
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[
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"(transitive)",
"(also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.",
"To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc."
],
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"word": "strangle"
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{
"word": "throttle"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.",
"word": "väännellä"
}
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{
"text": "to wring a mast",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest."
],
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[
"wrench",
"wrench#Verb"
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],
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"(transitive)",
"To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest."
],
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"transitive"
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},
{
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"To contort or screw up (the face or its features)."
],
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[
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[
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"(transitive)",
"To contort or screw up (the face or its features)."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to contort or screw up (the face or its features)",
"word": "vääntää"
}
]
},
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"To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb--chynHOJ",
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[
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[
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"(transitive)",
"To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil."
],
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"Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain."
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[
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[
"part",
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[
"body",
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[
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[
"pain",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain."
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"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain",
"word": "puristaa"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain",
"word": "ahdistaa"
}
]
},
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"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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],
"glosses": [
"To cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to harm, to hurt, to injure."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-Ni6597we",
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"harm",
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[
"injury",
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[
"applying",
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[
"harm",
"harm#Verb"
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[
"hurt",
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[
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"(transitive)",
"(archaic or British, dialectal, also figuratively) To cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to harm, to hurt, to injure."
],
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"transitive"
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],
"glosses": [
"To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-LTrkQrN9",
"links": [
[
"tears",
"tear#Noun"
],
[
"come out",
"come out"
],
[
"person",
"person#Noun"
],
[
"eyes",
"eye#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 13 34 16 3 1 0 15 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes",
"word": "vääntää"
}
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-ckWcnaqg",
"links": [
[
"heart",
"heart#Noun"
],
[
"soul",
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],
[
"distress",
"distress#Verb"
],
[
"torment",
"torment#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment."
],
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{
"word": "rack"
},
{
"word": "torture"
},
{
"word": "vex"
}
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The police said they would wring the truth out of that criminal.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1865 March 4, Abraham Lincoln, The [Second] Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in the National Capitol, March 4th, 1865",
"text": "It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1910, Emma Goldman, “Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, New York, N.Y.: Mother Earth Publishing Association […], →OCLC, pages 129–130",
"text": "[T]he enormous profits thus wrung from convict labor are a constant incentive to the contractors to exact from their unhappy victims tasks altogether beyond their strength, and to punish them cruelly when their work does not come up to the excessive demands made.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1970, Robertson Davies, “The Soirée of Illusions”, in Fifth Business […], Toronto, Ont.: Macmillan of Canada, section 2, page 278",
"text": "[H]is confidences were not wrung from him against his will but gushed like oil from a well, […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force."
],
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[
"obtain",
"obtain"
],
[
"extortion",
"extortion"
],
[
"force",
"force#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force."
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hığıw",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "һығыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hığıp alıw",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "һығып алыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tartıp alıw",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "тартып алыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztrǎgvam",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "изтръгвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "esprémer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "afpersen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "puristaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "espremer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "arrancar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyžimátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выжима́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výžatʹ",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́жать"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vymogátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вымога́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "исције́дити"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "iscijéditi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "exprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 4 0 1 8 1 0 6 1 8 7 43 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "tvinga"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-6LLHZ-Od",
"links": [
[
"use",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"effort",
"effort#Noun"
],
[
"draw",
"draw#Verb"
],
[
"response",
"response"
],
[
"words",
"word#Noun"
],
[
"generate",
"generate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "elicit"
},
{
"word": "provoke"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To afflict or oppress (someone) to enforce compliance; to extort."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-0v9~PWaF",
"links": [
[
"afflict",
"afflict"
],
[
"oppress",
"oppress"
],
[
"enforce",
"enforce"
],
[
"compliance",
"compliance"
],
[
"extort",
"extort#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To afflict or oppress (someone) to enforce compliance; to extort."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To cause (someone) to do something or to think a certain way."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-K~4G2WA8",
"links": [
[
"do",
"do#Verb"
],
[
"think",
"think#Verb"
],
[
"way",
"way#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To cause (someone) to do something or to think a certain way."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To change (something) into another thing."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-imXrumI5",
"links": [
[
"change",
"change#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To change (something) into another thing."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1572, John Whitgift, “Whether Idolatrous Sacrificers and Mass-mongers may afterward be Ministers of the Gospel. Chap. ii. The First Division.”, in John Ayre, editor, The Works of John Whitgift, D.D., […] The First Portion, Containing the Defence of the Answer to the Admonition, against the Reply of Thomas Cartwright: Tractates I–VI, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] University Press [for the Parker Society], published 1851, →OCLC, tract III (Of the Election of Ministers), page 318",
"text": "Lord, how dare these men thus wring the scriptures?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give (teachings, words, etc.) an incorrect meaning; to twist, to wrest."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-et2iyNqc",
"links": [
[
"give",
"give#Verb"
],
[
"teachings",
"teaching#Noun"
],
[
"incorrect",
"incorrect"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To give (teachings, words, etc.) an incorrect meaning; to twist, to wrest."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "distort"
},
{
"word": "pervert"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To put (oneself) in a position by cunning or subtle means; to insinuate."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-ykATaI9R",
"links": [
[
"put",
"put#Verb"
],
[
"cunning",
"cunning#Adjective"
],
[
"subtle",
"subtle"
],
[
"means",
"means#Noun"
],
[
"insinuate",
"insinuate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete, reflexive) To put (oneself) in a position by cunning or subtle means; to insinuate."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"reflexive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Materials science",
"orig": "en:Materials science",
"parents": [
"Engineering",
"Sciences",
"Applied sciences",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919 April 9, William E. Hoke, Precision Gauge, US Patent 1,472,837 (PDF version), page 1, column 2",
"text": "For a given set of blocks with lengths in multiples of thousandths the lengths may be so selected as to make it possible, by combining different blocks in wringing contact end to end, to form a series having any desired length, measured in inches and thousandths; […]\nAn adjective use.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Bulletin of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Tokyo: National Research Laboratory of Metrology, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 278, column 2",
"text": "The number of optical wringing procedures performed for each gauge block was five, and the number of measurements for each wringing procedure was eleven.\nAn adjective use.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Jennifer E. Decker, Nicholas Brown, Recent Developments in Traceable Dimensional Measurements: 20–21 June 2001, Munich, Germany, Bellingham, Wash.: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, page 25",
"text": "The pack experiment method to evaluate phase correction is valuable in that the differences associated with wringing two different materials and/or surface finishes between the gauge blocks and the platen may be accounted for in the averaging over the pack gauge blocks.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Jonghan Jin, Seung-Woo Kim, “Precision Dimensional Metrology Based on a Femtosecond Pulse Laser”, in Mikhail Grishin, editor, Advances in Solid State Lasers: Development and Applications, Rijeka, Croatia: InTech, page 186",
"text": "The uncertainty of wringing effect is 6.9 nm, which can be determined by wringing the same gauge block on the base plate repeatedly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-LDoShC9q",
"links": [
[
"materials science",
"materials science"
],
[
"slide",
"slide#Verb"
],
[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"ultraflat",
"ultraflat"
],
[
"surfaces",
"surface#Noun"
],
[
"bond",
"bond#Verb"
]
],
"qualifier": "materials science",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 69 1 2 1 0 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond",
"word": "imeyttää"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, chapter 2, in Before the Sun Goes Down, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, part I (Summer), page 31",
"text": "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it. […] And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-VYYQHeji",
"links": [
[
"engage",
"engage"
],
[
"exert",
"exert"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 57 3 1 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure",
"word": "vääntyä"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 8 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 1 3 2 8 1 0 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 6 7 3 6 6 7 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 9 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 8 2 1 7 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-M4R1KbVl",
"links": [
[
"writhe",
"writhe#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-dp2JHaGd",
"links": [
[
"contend",
"contend"
],
[
"struggle",
"struggle#Verb"
],
[
"strive",
"strive#Verb"
],
[
"toil",
"toil#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-83ZX8v7X",
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience#Verb"
],
[
"punishment",
"punishment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 1 9 1 1 0 1 3 2 12 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 58 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.",
"word": "väännellä"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mining",
"orig": "en:Mining",
"parents": [
"Industries",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-lK83WGBP",
"links": [
[
"mining",
"mining#Noun"
],
[
"lode",
"lode"
],
[
"deplete",
"deplete"
],
[
"ore",
"ore"
],
[
"peter",
"peter"
],
[
"peter out",
"peter out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 3 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 8 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 1 3 2 8 1 0 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 6 7 3 6 6 7 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 9 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 8 2 1 7 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a way out with difficulty."
],
"id": "en-wring-en-verb-utMUAFRI",
"links": [
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(obsolete) To make a way out with difficulty."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"homophone": "ring"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-ring.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-us-ring.ogg/En-us-ring.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-us-ring.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "rĭng"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿamel",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "քամել"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hığıw",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "һығыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izstiskvam",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "изстисквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izceždam črez izvivane",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "изцеждам чрез извиване"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "esprémer"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "escórrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "絞"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎo",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "绞"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "擰"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "níng",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "拧"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔ",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "扭"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "ždímat"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vride"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "uitwringen"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jꜥf",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "i-a:f"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "premtordi"
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"ref": "1970, Robertson Davies, “The Soirée of Illusions”, in Fifth Business […], Toronto, Ont.: Macmillan of Canada, section 2, page 278",
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"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response."
],
"links": [
[
"use",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"effort",
"effort#Noun"
],
[
"draw",
"draw#Verb"
],
[
"response",
"response"
],
[
"words",
"word#Noun"
],
[
"generate",
"generate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "elicit"
},
{
"word": "provoke"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To afflict or oppress (someone) to enforce compliance; to extort."
],
"links": [
[
"afflict",
"afflict"
],
[
"oppress",
"oppress"
],
[
"enforce",
"enforce"
],
[
"compliance",
"compliance"
],
[
"extort",
"extort#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To afflict or oppress (someone) to enforce compliance; to extort."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (someone) to do something or to think a certain way."
],
"links": [
[
"do",
"do#Verb"
],
[
"think",
"think#Verb"
],
[
"way",
"way#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To cause (someone) to do something or to think a certain way."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To change (something) into another thing."
],
"links": [
[
"change",
"change#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To change (something) into another thing."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1572, John Whitgift, “Whether Idolatrous Sacrificers and Mass-mongers may afterward be Ministers of the Gospel. Chap. ii. The First Division.”, in John Ayre, editor, The Works of John Whitgift, D.D., […] The First Portion, Containing the Defence of the Answer to the Admonition, against the Reply of Thomas Cartwright: Tractates I–VI, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] University Press [for the Parker Society], published 1851, →OCLC, tract III (Of the Election of Ministers), page 318",
"text": "Lord, how dare these men thus wring the scriptures?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give (teachings, words, etc.) an incorrect meaning; to twist, to wrest."
],
"links": [
[
"give",
"give#Verb"
],
[
"teachings",
"teaching#Noun"
],
[
"incorrect",
"incorrect"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete) To give (teachings, words, etc.) an incorrect meaning; to twist, to wrest."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "distort"
},
{
"word": "pervert"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English reflexive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To put (oneself) in a position by cunning or subtle means; to insinuate."
],
"links": [
[
"put",
"put#Verb"
],
[
"cunning",
"cunning#Adjective"
],
[
"subtle",
"subtle"
],
[
"means",
"means#Noun"
],
[
"insinuate",
"insinuate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"(obsolete, reflexive) To put (oneself) in a position by cunning or subtle means; to insinuate."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"reflexive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Materials science"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919 April 9, William E. Hoke, Precision Gauge, US Patent 1,472,837 (PDF version), page 1, column 2",
"text": "For a given set of blocks with lengths in multiples of thousandths the lengths may be so selected as to make it possible, by combining different blocks in wringing contact end to end, to form a series having any desired length, measured in inches and thousandths; […]\nAn adjective use.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Bulletin of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Tokyo: National Research Laboratory of Metrology, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 278, column 2",
"text": "The number of optical wringing procedures performed for each gauge block was five, and the number of measurements for each wringing procedure was eleven.\nAn adjective use.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Jennifer E. Decker, Nicholas Brown, Recent Developments in Traceable Dimensional Measurements: 20–21 June 2001, Munich, Germany, Bellingham, Wash.: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, page 25",
"text": "The pack experiment method to evaluate phase correction is valuable in that the differences associated with wringing two different materials and/or surface finishes between the gauge blocks and the platen may be accounted for in the averaging over the pack gauge blocks.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Jonghan Jin, Seung-Woo Kim, “Precision Dimensional Metrology Based on a Femtosecond Pulse Laser”, in Mikhail Grishin, editor, Advances in Solid State Lasers: Development and Applications, Rijeka, Croatia: InTech, page 186",
"text": "The uncertainty of wringing effect is 6.9 nm, which can be determined by wringing the same gauge block on the base plate repeatedly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond."
],
"links": [
[
"materials science",
"materials science"
],
[
"slide",
"slide#Verb"
],
[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"ultraflat",
"ultraflat"
],
[
"surfaces",
"surface#Noun"
],
[
"bond",
"bond#Verb"
]
],
"qualifier": "materials science",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, chapter 2, in Before the Sun Goes Down, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, part I (Summer), page 31",
"text": "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it. […] And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure."
],
"links": [
[
"engage",
"engage"
],
[
"exert",
"exert"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe."
],
"links": [
[
"writhe",
"writhe#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil."
],
"links": [
[
"contend",
"contend"
],
[
"struggle",
"struggle#Verb"
],
[
"strive",
"strive#Verb"
],
[
"toil",
"toil#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience#Verb"
],
[
"punishment",
"punishment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(figuratively)",
"To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Mining"
],
"glosses": [
"Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out."
],
"links": [
[
"mining",
"mining#Noun"
],
[
"lode",
"lode"
],
[
"deplete",
"deplete"
],
[
"ore",
"ore"
],
[
"peter",
"peter"
],
[
"peter out",
"peter out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To make a way out with difficulty."
],
"links": [
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(obsolete) To make a way out with difficulty."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"homophone": "ring"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-ring.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-us-ring.ogg/En-us-ring.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-us-ring.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "rĭng"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿamel",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "քամել"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hığıw",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "һығыу"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izstiskvam",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "изстисквам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izceždam črez izvivane",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "изцеждам чрез извиване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "esprémer"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "escórrer"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "絞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎo",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "绞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "擰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "níng",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "拧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔ",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "扭"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "ždímat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vride"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "uitwringen"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jꜥf",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "i-a:f"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "premtordi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vringi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vääntää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "essorer"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "stuargi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "espremer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "wringen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "auswringen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "steívo",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "στείβω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "strangízo",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "στραγγίζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sakhát",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "סחט"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "kinyom"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "kicsavar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "peras"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "spremere"
},
{
"alt": "しぼる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiboru",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "絞る"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cbac",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "ច្បាច់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "puut",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "ពូត"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "griezt"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "faast"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mušgix",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мушгих"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "musgiqu",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠮᠤᠰᠭᠢᠬᠤ"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "teurtre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vri"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vri"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čelândan",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "چلاندن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyżymać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyżąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "torcer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "stoarce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyžimátʹ",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выжима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výžatʹ",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́жать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vykrúčivatʹ",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выкру́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výkrutitʹ",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́крутить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "snìomh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "исције́дити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "iscijéditi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "exprimir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "retorcer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "escurrir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "retorcer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vrida ur"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out",
"word": "vắt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer",
"word": "puristaa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it",
"word": "facsar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it",
"word": "kifacsar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it",
"word": "kisajtol"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stiskam",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "стискам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"english": "to kill an animal by twisting its neck",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvivam vrata",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "извивам врата"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "retòrcer"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "retorçar"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "vride"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "wringen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "neck",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "vääntää niskat nurin"
},
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "retorcer"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "remas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "to kill an animal by twisting its neck",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "kōwiri"
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"code": "mi",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "tāwhiri"
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"code": "tr",
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"roman": "burmak",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "بورمق"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "torcer"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
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"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "snìomh"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist",
"word": "retorcer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "hands",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.",
"word": "väännellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to contort or screw up (the face or its features)",
"word": "vääntää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain",
"word": "puristaa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes",
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},
{
"code": "ba",
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"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "һығыу"
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"code": "ba",
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"code": "ba",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "exprimir"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force",
"word": "tvinga"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond",
"word": "imeyttää"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure",
"word": "vääntyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.",
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}
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"ref": "1637, Robert Monro, “The First Observation”, in Monro his Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (Called Mac-Keyes Regiment) Levied in August 1626. […], London: […] William Iones […], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-04, page 3",
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"ref": "1753, Hugh Stafford, “Sect[ion] VI. Of Proper Vessels for Receiving the Cyder for Its Fermentation; the Vigilance, Exact Care, and Attention Required in the First Fermentation of Cyder for Making It Sweet, and as Long as It Continues in a Fermenting State.”, in A Treatise on Cyder-making, Founded on Long Practice and Experience; with a Catalogue of Cyder-apples of Character, in Herefordshire and Devonshire. […], London: […] E[dward] Cave, […], →OCLC, page 48",
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