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wrest

/rɛst/

wrestsubstantiv

wrests

Pl.

/rɛst/

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Definitionen

A key or wrench used for turning or twisting, especially in tuning a harp or piano.

The piano tuner used a wrest to adjust the tension of the strings.

An act or instance of twisting, wrenching, or forcible distortion; a perversion.

The critic called the film a wrest of the original novel's intentions.

wrestverb

wrested

Präteritum

wrested

Partizip Perfekt

wresting

Gerundium

/rɛst/

Übersetzungen

She managed to wrest the book from his hands.

Ей удалось вырвать книгу из его рук.

Definitionen

To forcibly pull something from a person's grasp.

She managed to wrest the book from his hands.

To take something from someone with difficulty or by force.

The team tried to wrest control of the game from their opponents.

To obtain something with great effort or difficulty.

He had to wrest a living from the barren land.

To twist or distort the meaning or interpretation of something, often deliberately.

The lawyer tried to wrest the wording of the contract to favor his client.

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