Définition de « wrench » en Anglais

noun

1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.

3. (obsolete) A trick or artifice.

4. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.

5. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.

6. (archaic) A winch or windlass.

7. (obsolete) A screw.

8. A distorting change from the original meaning.

9. (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.

10. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.

11. A violent emotional change caused by separation.

12. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.

13. (obsolete) means; contrivance

14. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

verb

1. (transitive) To pull or twist violently.

   • With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.

2. (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

   • Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!

3. (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.

4. (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.

5. (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

6. (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.

   • The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.

7. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.

8. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.

9. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.

10. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.