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Meaning of wring

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  wring
      n 1: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn:
           {squeeze}, {wring}]
      v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform},
           {distort}, {wring}]
      2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's
         hand" [syn: {wring}, {wrench}]
      3: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "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" [syn: {extort}, {squeeze},
         {rack}, {gouge}, {wring}]
      4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
         "wring the towels"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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