verb
wrest
Wrest (verb) means to pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
verb
1
To pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
2
To take something away from someone using force.
"He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel."
3
To bend, corrupt, or twist out of its true form.
4
To adjust the tuning of something using a wrest, or key.
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Etymology
This word came into English via Middle English wresten, wrasten or wræsten, which developed from Old English wrǣstan (“to twist forcibly, wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną (compare Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną, “to turn, wind; to cover, envelop”, *wrīþaną, “to weave, twist”, and Old Norse reista, “to bend, twist”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wreiḱ-, *wreyḱ- (“to bend, twist”), *wreyt- (“to bend”). See also writhe and wry. The noun comes from the verb.
Rhymes for wrest
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What is the meaning of wrest?
"wrest" (verb) means to pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
What are the different meanings of wrest?
"wrest" has 3 main meanings: 1. To pull or twist something suddenly and with force; 2. To take something away from someone using force; 3. To bend, corrupt, or twist out of its true form.
