Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

Translate words and learn from multiple languages

Word lists: Numbers · Family Members · Food · House and Home · Animals · Transport and Vehicles · Adjectives: Opposites · all lists
Alphabet: Dutch alphabet

Results for: "wring"

Translating from English to Dutch

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (1)

1. a twisting squeeze;
- Example: "gave the wet cloth a wring"
[syn: squeeze, wring]


VERB (4)

1. twist and press out of shape;
[syn: contort, deform, distort, wring]

2. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish;
- Example: "Wring one's hand"
[syn: wring, wrench]

3. obtain by coercion or intimidation;
- Example: "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
- Example: "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
[syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring]

4. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
- Example: "wring the towels"

Did you mean? (Similar words):