Wrench ¹

Definition: Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

Wrench ²

Definition: A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

Wrench ³

Definition: A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

Wrench ⁴

Definition: Means; contrivance.

Wrench ⁵

Definition: 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.

Wrench ⁶

Definition: 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.

Wrench ⁷

Definition: To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

Wrench ⁸

Definition: To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

wrench ⁹

Definition: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

wrench ¹⁰

Definition: a jerky pulling movement

wrench ¹¹

Definition: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

wrench ¹²

Definition: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one''s ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn''t walk for several days"

wrench ¹³

Definition: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one''s hand"

wrench ¹⁴

Definition: twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody''s grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his ch

wrench ¹⁵

Definition: make a sudden twisting motion