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45 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• wrench n. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
• wrench n. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
• wrench n. (Obsolete) A trick or artifice.
• wrench n. (Obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.
• wrench n. (Obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.
• wrench n. (Archaic) A winch or windlass.
• wrench n. (Obsolete) A screw.
• wrench n. A distorting change from the original meaning.
• wrench n. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
• wrench n. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
• wrench n. A violent emotional change caused by separation.
• wrench n. (Physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application…
• wrench n. (Obsolete) means; contrivance.
• wrench n. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the…
• wrench v. (Transitive) To pull or twist violently.
• wrench v. (Transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
• wrench v. (Transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
• wrench v. (Transitive) To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed.
• wrench v. (Transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
• wrench v. (Transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
• wrench v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.
• wrench v. (Transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.
• wrench v. (Transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.
• wrench v. (Intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.
• Wrench prop.n. A surname transferred from the nickname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • wrench n. A trick or artifice; a deceptive action.
  • wrench n. Trickery, deception, guile.

— English words, defined in German —

• wrench S. Der Ruck, Stoß.
• wrench S. Physik: die Drehung.
• wrench S. Technik, US-amerikanisch: der Schraubenschlüssel.
• wrench S. Verrenkung (schmerzhafte Verletzung, die bei der plötzlichen Drehung eines Gelenks entsteht).
• wrench S. Trennungsschmerz, Abschiedsschmerz.
• wrench V. Reißen, abreißen, entreißen, losreißen.
• wrench V. Drehen.
• wrench V. Verletzung: [a] zerren [b] verrenken.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• wrench n. (Gereedschap) sleutel, tang.

— English words, defined in French —

• wrench n. (Technique) Clé de serrage, tel qu’une clé plate, une clé à molette, etc.
• wrench n. (Mécanique) Torseur statique.
• wrench v. Tordre.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• wrench s. Llave (herramienta).
• wrench s. Movimiento o giro violento.
• wrench v. Girar o halar violentamente.
• wrench v. Usar una llave.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• wrench s. Chiave.

— In French —

• wrench n.m. (Canada) (Anglicisme) (Technique) Clé à molette.

120 English words from 27 English definitions

act action acute acute␣angle adjustable adjustable␣spanner adjustments and angle application Archaic arising artifice as␣if assembled away blade bolts bringing by␣means␣of caused change contrivance coursing Deceit deception deceptive deprive disarm distort distorting distressed emotional fencing fitting for force from guile half hand hand␣tool hare her his hurt injure injury Intransitive joint less less␣than limb making meaning means misrepresent motion move move␣in movement nickname nuts nuts␣and␣bolts obsolete of␣a opponent original pain Physics pipes plumbers point pull pulling pulls rack right right␣angle rotational round screw separation spanner sprain strain such such␣as surname than that the theory thrust tighten tool torque transferred Transitive treachery trick Trickery tug turn twist twisting twists use used vectors violent violently weapon whirling winch windlass with worth wrench writhe

10 English words from 18 foreign definitions

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49 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

abreißen Abschiedsschmerz amerikanisch Anglicisme bei Chiave clé clé␣à␣molette Clé␣de␣serrage clé␣plate Drehen Drehung eines entreißen entsteht Gelenks Gereedschap Girar halar herramienta llave losreißen Mécanique molette Movimiento Physik plötzlichen Reißen schmerzhafte Schraubenschlüssel serrage sleutel statique Stoß Technik Tordre Torseur Torseur␣statique Trennungsschmerz una une US-amerikanisch Usar Verletzung verrenken Verrenkung violentamente violento zerren

18 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

wrenchy wrenched wrencher wrenches Wrenches wrenchers wrencheth wrenchful wrenching wrenchman wrenchmen wrenchings wrenchlike wrenchingly wrench␣hammer wrench␣hammers wrench␣in␣the␣works wrenches␣in␣the␣works

58 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unwrenched unwrenches upwrenched upwrenches gut-wrenched key␣wrenches nut␣wrenches outwrenched outwrenches unwrenching upwrenching gutwrenching gut-wrenching hook␣wrenches outwrenching pipe␣wrenches ring␣wrenches Allen␣wrenches plier␣wrenches screw␣wrenches smoke␣wrenches spoke␣wrenches gutwrenchingly gut-wrenchingly heartwrenching heart-wrenching monkeywrencher monkey-wrencher monkey␣wrencher monkeywrenches monkey-wrenches monkey␣wrenches socket␣wrenches threw␣a␣wrench␣in throw␣a␣wrench␣in torque␣wrenches tuning␣wrenches bicycle␣wrenches dog␣bone␣wrenches hex␣head␣wrenches monkeywrenchers monkey-wrenchers monkey␣wrenchers monkeywrenching monkey-wrenching monkey␣wrenching ratchet␣wrenches Swedish␣wrenches tension␣wrenches thrown␣a␣wrench␣in +8 words

32 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unwrench upwrench key␣wrench nut␣wrench outwrench hook␣wrench pipe␣wrench ring␣wrench Allen␣wrench screw␣wrench smoke␣wrench spoke␣wrench monkeywrench monkey-wrench monkey␣wrench nipple␣wrench socket␣wrench torque␣wrench tuning␣wrench bicycle␣wrench dog␣bone␣wrench hex␣head␣wrench plumber␣wrench ratchet␣wrench Swedish␣wrench tension␣wrench torsion␣wrench flare-nut␣wrench flare␣nut␣wrench Stillson␣wrench alligator␣wrench adjustable␣wrench

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

enc ren REN -ren rench wren Wren

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

erw ERW HCN ner NER -ner-

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

wencher wincher wrenchy

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

chewn NWHRC rench wench

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

drench french French trench Trench wretch wrinch

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

rench wench

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