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Definition or meaning of the English word Wrench
The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench. (v. t.). Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. (v. t.). A violent twist; or a pull with twisting. (v. t.). A sprain; an injury by twisting; as in a joint. (v. t.). Means; contrivance. (v. t.). An instrument; often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends; for exerting a twisting strain; as in turning bolts; nuts; screw taps; etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nut (v. t.). To strain; to sprain; hence; to distort; to pervert. (n.). To pull with a twist; to wrest; twist; or force by violence. (n.). |
