wring, v.
(wringing, wrings, wrung)
freq. cnt. 2
(wringing, wrings, wrung)
freq. cnt. 2
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
wrench wring
sample sentences
"Wring one's hand"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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twist and press out of shape
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
contort deform distort wring
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
<verb.contact>
wring
sample sentences
"wring the towels"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
verb group
hypernym
obtain by coercion or intimidation
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
extort gouge rack squeeze wring
sample sentences
"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss""They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
verb frames
Somebody ----s something from somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s something from somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s something from somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s something from somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s something from somebody
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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