wrench

1. v. t. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. Source: opted

2. v. t. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting. Source: opted

3. v. t. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint. Source: opted

4. v. t. Means; contrivance. Source: opted

5. v. t. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes. Source: opted

6. v. t. The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench. Source: opted

7. n. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence. Source: opted

8. n. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert. Source: opted

9. n. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments Source: wordnet

10. n. a jerky pulling movement Source: wordnet

11. n. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt Source: wordnet

12. v. twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates Source: wordnet

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