Words Containing Wrest
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Definition of wrest
- v. t. - To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence;
to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
- v. t. - To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper
use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
- v. t. - To tune with a wrest, or key.
- n. - The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence,
distortion; perversion.
- n. - Active or moving power.
- n. - A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
- n. - A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the
buckets is determined.
Syllable Information
The word wrest is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for wrest is: wrest