wrench
21Wrench — Clé (outil) Pour les articles homonymes, voir clef. Les clés ou clefs ou clés de serrage sont des outils à main destinés à assembler, serrer et desserrer les vis, les boulons, et les écrous. De nombreux modèles ont été développés au fur et à… …
22wrench — 1. noun 1) she felt a wrench on her shoulders Syn: tug, pull, jerk, jolt, heave; informal yank 2) hold the piston with a wrench Syn: monkey wrench 3) leaving was an immense wrench Syn …
23wrench — un·wrench; wrench·er; wrench; wrench·ing·ly; …
24wrench — 1. noun 1) she felt a wrench on her shoulders Syn: tug, pull, jerk, jolt, heave; informal yank 2) hold the piston with a wrench Syn: spanner 3) leaving was an immense wrench Syn …
25wrench — [[t]rɛntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist 2) to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist 3) to affect distressingly as if by a wrench 4) to wrest, as from the… …
26wrench — /rɛntʃ / (say rench) verb (t) 1. to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist. 2. to overstrain or injure (the ankle, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist. 3. to affect distressingly as if by a wrench. 4. to wrest, as from… …
27wrench — 1. noun /ɹɛnʧ̩̩/ a) A movement that twists and pulls violently. With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us. b) A distorting change. Syn: spanner 2. verb /ɹɛnʧ̩̩/ …
28wrench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. twist, wring; yank, pull; extort, wrest, snatch; sprain, strain, dislocate; distort. n. monkey wrench, spanner; twist, yank, etc. See extraction, disjunction, retention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …
29wrench — n. & v. n. 1 a violent twist or oblique pull or act of tearing off. 2 an adjustable tool like a spanner for gripping and turning nuts etc. 3 an instance of painful uprooting or parting (leaving home was a great wrench). 4 Physics a combination of …
30wrench — See: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH …
