meaning of wring
1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
4. To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.
5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
6. To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
7. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
8. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
9. a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a
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