English to English
noun
- a twisting squeeze
Gave the wet cloth a wring.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- twist and press out of shape
source: WordNet 3.0
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
Wring one's hand.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
Wring the towels.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
source: Webster 1913
- To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [wring] Baluktutin; baliin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
