wring
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- pronunciation:
- rIng
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
wrings, wringing, wrung |
| definition 1: |
If you wring something, you twist and squeeze it tightly.
The towel was completely wet, so Kayla had to wring it and hang it over the beach chair to dry.The principal tried to wring the truth out of Max, but Max refused to tell his friend's secret.- similar words:
- compress, press, squeeze, twist
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| definition 2: |
If you wring water out of something, you twist it and squeeze it until water comes out of it. If you wring the truth out of someone, you put pressure on them until they tell the truth.
We wrung the water out of our wet bathing suits.- synonyms:
- extract
- similar words:
- exact, press, squeeze, tear, wrench
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| related words: |
extract, pinch |
The words
wring and
ring sound alike but have different meanings.