The meaning of Wrest

verb

Knock or force out of position.

Usage examples:

The hoofs of their horses dislodged loose stones

verb

To force someone or something from a place or position

Usage examples:

Heavy rains have dislodged big slabs of sidewalk in front of the school., it took a professional tr…

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

verb

Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.

Usage examples:

She grabbed him by the shirt collar

noun

A quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.

Usage examples:

He made a grab at the pistol

verb

Take or seize suddenly

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She heaved the sofa back into place

noun

An act of heaving.

Usage examples:

With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud

verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …

noun

A quick, sharp, sudden movement.

Usage examples:

He gave a sudden jerk of his head

verb

Move or cause to move with a jerk.

Usage examples:

The van jerked forward

verb

Season or marinate (meat or fish) in a blend of chilli, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecue it over a wood fire.

Usage examples:

If they didn't use pimento to jerk the chicken it's not the original jamaican jerk chicken

verb

Remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

She watched him peel an apple with deliberate care

noun

The outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable.

Usage examples:

Pieces of potato peel

noun

A flat implement like a shovel, especially one used by a baker for carrying loaves or similar items of food into or out of an oven.

Usage examples:

A wooden pizza peel

verb

Take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.

Usage examples:

She plucked a blade of grass

noun

Spirited and determined courage.

Usage examples:

It must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘danger’

verb

To remove something, esp. with a sudden movement

Usage examples:

Astronauts plan to use the shuttle’s robot arm to pluck the satellite out of space., she plucked he…

verb

Use force in order to move, move apart, or open (something).

Usage examples:

I tried to prise joe's fingers away from the stick

verb

To use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point or to separate things using force

Usage examples:

I managed to prise the lid off the tin of paint., she prised the child's fingers apart and forced h…

verb

Inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.

Usage examples:

Sorry, i didn't mean to pry

verb

Another term for prise.

Usage examples:

He pried his left leg free

verb

Be nosey

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

verb

Tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone.

Usage examples:

A fan tried to rip his trousers off during a show

noun

A long tear or cut.

Usage examples:

There was a rip in his sweatshirt

noun

A stretch of fast-flowing and rough water in the sea or in a river, caused by the meeting of currents.

Usage examples:

The onslaught of the trojan army is ‘charging in as a heavy surf roars in against the rip at a rive…

verb

Take hold of suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

She jumped up and seized his arm

verb

Take hold of; grab

verb

To take something quickly and hold it

Usage examples:

He seized her arm to lead her through the crowd., fig. while she was distracted, i seized the oppor…

verb

Quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way.

Usage examples:

She snatched a biscuit from the plate

noun

An act of snatching or quickly seizing something.

Usage examples:

A quick snatch of breath

verb

Grasp hastily or eagerly

verb

Pull (something) apart or to pieces with force.

Usage examples:

I tore up the letter

noun

A hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.

Usage examples:

There was a tear in her dress

verb

(of the eye) produce tears.

Usage examples:

The freezing wind made her eyes tear

verb

Pull (something) hard or suddenly.

Usage examples:

She tugged off her boots

noun

A hard or sudden pull.

Usage examples:

Another tug and it came loose

verb

Pull hard

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

noun

A sudden violent twist or pull.

Usage examples:

With a wrench tony wriggled free

verb

Pull or twist suddenly and violently.

Usage examples:

Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand

verb

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

verb

Pull with a jerk.

Usage examples:

Her hair was yanked, and she screamed

noun

A sudden hard pull.

Usage examples:

One of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank

noun

An american.

Usage examples:

The american at home is the opposite of the yank abroad: helpful, charming and painfully sincere.