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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"
Wrick
- noun -
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
Wrier
- adjective - bent to one side; "a wry neck"
- humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
Wring
- noun - a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
- 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"
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
- twist and press out of shape
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
Wrist
- noun - a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
Write
- verb - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
- communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
- communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
- create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
- have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
- mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
- produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
- record data on a computer;
- write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
- write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
Writs
- noun - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
Wrong
- adjective - any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
- based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way"
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"
- contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
- in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things"
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your informa
Wrote
- verb - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
- communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
- communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
- create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
- have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
- mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
- produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
- record data on a computer;
- write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
- write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"