- (v.t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
- (v.t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
- (v.t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
- (v.t.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
- (v.t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
- (v.i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
- (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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