Word: wrests
Synonyms: wrests
wrench, snatch, seize, grab, pry, pluck, tug, pull, jerk, dislodge, remove, yank
Translations: wrests
wrests in spanish
Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
arranca, arrebata, arrebate, le arrebata, le arranca
wrests in german
Dictionary:
german
Translations:
entreißt, ringt
wrests in french
Dictionary:
french
Translations:
arrache, arrache des, arrache la, arrache le
wrests in italian
Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
strappa, strappa il
wrests in portuguese
Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
arranca, a arranca, arrebata
wrests in dutch
Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
ontrukt
wrests in russian
Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
вырывает, исторгает, изымает
wrests in danish
Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
vrister
wrests in ukrainian
Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
вириває
wrests in bulgarian
Dictionary:
bulgarian
Translations:
изтръгва, изкривява, вади
wrests in belarusian
Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
вырывае, зрывае, выдзірае, ратуе, вырывае яе
wrests in romanian
Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
smulge
The meaning and "use of": wrests
verb
- forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp. - Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold
- a key for tuning a harp or piano. - With respect to the harp, he produces the sharps, flats, quarter-notes, or any intermediate variation deviating from the natural notes, by causing the wrest -pins, that if, the pins by which the strings are extended and tuned, to move partly round centres and thereby increase or decrease the tension of the strings more or less, as may be required to answer the desired change of the notes.
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