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noun | verb wrenchwrench1 /rɛntʃ/ noun ETYMOLOGYwrench1Origin: Old English wrencan 1 [countable] a)a metal tool with a round end that fits around and turns nuts and bolts b)a monkey wrench2throw a (monkey) wrench in something to do something that will cause problems or spoil what someone else is planning3[singular] a strong feeling of sadness or other strong emotion: I felt a wrench in my stomach.4[countable usually singular] a twisting movement that pulls something violently noun | verb wrenchwrench2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEwrench |
Present | I, you, we, they | wrench | | he, she, it | wrenches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wrenched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wrenched | | he, she, it | has wrenched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wrenched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wrench | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wrenched |
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Present | I | am wrenching | | he, she, it | is wrenching | | you, we, they | are wrenching | Past | I, he, she, it | was wrenching | | you, we, they | were wrenching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wrenching | | he, she, it | has been wrenching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wrenching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wrenching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wrenching |
1[always + adv./prep.] to use your strength to pull yourself away from someone or something that is holding you: wrench yourself away/free etc. She managed to wrench herself free.2medicine to injure a part of your body by twisting it suddenly: Brian wrenched his back trying to carry a heavy box.3[always + adv./prep.] to twist and pull something from its position using force, or to be moved in this way: wrench something away/free/off etc. I wrenched the package from his grasp.4[always + adv./prep.] literary to move or remove someone or something from one position or state to another with great difficulty or using a lot of determination: We finally wrenched the kids away from the TV. |