wring
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a twisting squeeze
gave the wet cloth a wring
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
twist and press out of shape
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contortion derivation
- deformation derivation
- distorted shape derivation
- tortuousness derivation
- wring verb group
- wring verb group
Sense 3 verb
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
Wring one's hand
Types & categories
- distort hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
obtain by coercion or intimidation
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- extortion derivation
- power play derivation
- swindler derivation
- extortion derivation
Sense 5 verb
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
wring the towels
Types & categories
- squeeze hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wring |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pinch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | squeeze |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contortion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deformation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distorted shape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tortuousness |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | morph |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | wring out |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | power play |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | plume |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleed |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wringer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wring |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | wring |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | squeeze |