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WRING definition: 1. to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite…. Learn more.
Factsheet. What does the verb wring mean? There are 39 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb wring, 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. wring has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (Old English) shipbuilding (Old English) mining (1850s)
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(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: rĭng, IPA(key): /ɹɪŋ/Homophone: ringRhymes: -ɪŋFrom Middle English wringen, wryngen from Old English wringan (“to wring”), from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, twist, wring”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ-.
Partly: 1. from Middle English wring, wringe (“twisting or wringing (of the neck)”), from Middle English wringen, wryngen (verb);and 2. from the modern English verb. See further at etymology 1.
From Middle English wring, wringe, wrynge (“a press, especially for olives or wine”)[and other forms], from Old English wringe, from wringan (verb): see further at etymology 1.
wringing (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia“wring”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.“wring”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.Wring definition: to twist forcibly. See examples of WRING used in a sentence.
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