Details of word WREST

Definition of wrest

v. t. - To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
v. t. - To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
v. t. - To tune with a wrest, or key.
n. - The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
n. - Active or moving power.
n. - A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
n. - A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Word "wrest" contains 5 letters : E R S T W

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