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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung, Obs. Wringed; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to
   LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw.
   vr[aum]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle,
   Wrench, Wrong.]
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   1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
      to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
      in washing. "Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand." --Sir W.
      Scott. "Wring him by the nose." --Shak.
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            [His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar,
            and wring off his head.               --Lev. i. 15.
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   2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
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            Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
            fortune.                              --Clarendon.
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            Didst thou taste but half the griefs
            That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus
            coldly.                               --Addison.
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   3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
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            How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? --Whitgift.
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   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.
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            Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --Shak.
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            He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
            fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
            fleece.                               --Judg. vi.
                                                  38.
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   5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
      to enforce compliance.
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            To wring the widow from her 'customed right. --Shak.
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            The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
            wringed to the quick.                 --Hayward.
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   6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to
      wring a mast.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wrung \Wrung\,
   imp. & p. p. of Wring.
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Thesaurus Results for Wrung:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
afflicted, agonized, clawed, convulsed, crucified, distressed, harrowed, hurt, hurting, in distress, in pain, lacerated, lancinated, martyred, martyrized, on the rack, pained, racked, ripped, savaged, suffering, tormented, tortured, twisted, under the harrow, wounded
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