Associations to the word «Wrest»
Noun
- Grasp
- Clutch
- Control
- Dominion
- Grip
- Toil
- Foe
- Concession
- Portuguese
- Possession
- Struggle
- Throne
- Conquest
- Crown
- Bedfordshire
- Scripture
- Wilderness
- Turk
- Triumph
- Hand
- Territory
- Weapon
- Wealth
- Enemy
- Plank
- Ape
- Japanese
- Ally
- Fortune
- Spain
- Napoleon
- Dutch
- Emperor
- Casino
- Hobart
- Power
- Twist
- Reign
- Weakness
- Ottomans
- Tuning
- Ottoman
- Maratha
- Orr
- Tarzan
- Bender
- Whitehead
- Kingship
- Tasmanian
- Adversary
- Malacca
- Deserter
- Euphrates
- Tasmania
- Alsace
- Kabul
- Shouting
- Attempt
- Counsellor
- Crusader
- Dagger
- Sickle
- Might
- Tight
- Pin
- Sunset
- Moor
- Saxon
- Terran
- Plunge
- Overseer
- Sprang
- Indignation
Adjective
Wiktionary
WREST, verb. To pull or twist violently.
WREST, verb. To obtain by pulling or violent force.
WREST, verb. (figuratively) To seize.
WREST, verb. (figuratively) To twist, pervert, distort.
WREST, verb. To tune with a wrest, or key.
WREST, noun. The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
WREST, noun. (obsolete) Active or motive power.
WREST, noun. (music) A key to tune a stringed instrument.
WREST, noun. A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
WREST BLOCK, noun. (music) a wooden block in the pianoforte, often made of several pieces, into which the wrest-pins are driven
Dictionary definition
WREST, verb. Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.