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- Dictionarywringing/ˈrɪŋɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. extremely wet; soaked: "he was wringing with sweat"
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to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it: She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry. wring something's neck. to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck: I hated doing it but I had to wring their necks or they'd have suffered long, agonising deaths.
1. : to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid. wring a towel dry. 2. : to extract or obtain by or as if by twisting and compressing. wring water from a towel. wring a confession from the suspect. 3. a. : to twist so as to strain or sprain into a distorted shape. I could wring your neck. b.
1. a. To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out: wring out a wet towel. b. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out: wrung the water out of my bathing suit. 2. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken. 3. a.
to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions. (also wring out) to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it: She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry. wring something's neck. to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck:
to twist and compress, or compress without twisting, in order to force out water or other liquid (often followed by out ): to wring clothes. to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually followed by out or from ). to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
Definition of 'wring' Word Frequency. wring. (rɪŋ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense wrings , present participle wringing , past tense, past participle wrung. 1. verb. If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
adjective. extremely wet. Pretty soon, though, my throat was dry; the palms of my hands were wringing wet. My shirt was wringing wet. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'wringing' in a sentence. wringing.
To wring something is to twist or squeeze it, usually out of its original shape. If you annoy someone enough, they might threaten to wring your neck. If you do laundry by hand, then you most likely wring out your shirts to get rid of excess water before hanging them out to dry.
Definition of wring verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To squeeze, press, twist, or compress, esp. so as to force out water or other liquid. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To writhe, squirm, or twist with force or great effort. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out . Wrung the water out of my bathing suit.
