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Meaning
Verb
●
In Violence:
To
pull
or
twist
violently.
●
To
obtain
by
pulling
or
violent
force.
●
To seize.
●
To
distort
, to
pervert
, to twist.
●
In Music:
To
tune
with a
wrest
, or key.
Noun
●
The
act
of
wresting
; a
wrench
or
twist
; distortion.
●
In Music:
A key to
tune
a
stringed
instrument.
●
Active or
motive
power.
●
Short for
saw wrest
(“a
hand tool
for
setting
the
teeth
of a saw,
determining
the
width
of the
kerf
”); a saw set.
●
A
partition
in a
water wheel
by which the form of the
buckets
is determined.
●
In Agriculture:
A
metal
(formerly
wooden
)
piece
of some
ploughs
attached
under the
mouldboard
(the
curved
blade
that
turns over
the
furrow
) for
clearing out
the
furrow
; the
mouldboard
itself.
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Wiktionary
Origin
wrest
English
wræstan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Reclaim
Usurp
Liberate
Seize
Relinquish
Unshackle
Pry
Regain
Extricate
Cede
Wrangle
Dislodge
Recapture
Oust
Prise
Salvage
Retake
Reassert
Extort
Reconquer
Steal
Preserve
Obtain
Annex
Divert
Retrieve
Siphon
Unseat
Remove
Wring
Snatch
Hold
Thwart
Reenter
Scrape
Confiscate
Consolidate
Acquire
Reinstate
Centralise
Grab
Spurn
Gain
Corner
Decentralise
Crush
Secure
Abduct
Vindicate
Claw Back
Win Back
Steal Away
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Rhymes
Est
West
Rest
Vest
Hest
Pest
Jest
Best
Fest
Lest
Best
Zest
Test
Nest
Prest
Guest
Brest
Quest
Blest
Crest
Chest
Wrest
Unrest
Digest
Invest
Divest
Arrest
Breast
Attest
Infest
Blessed
Contest
Celeste
AnapæSt
Abreast
Dressed
Request
Protest
Suggest
Confest
Guessed
Greatest
Stressed
Possessed
Addressed
Expressed
Oppressed
Impressed
Professed
Distressed
Suppressed
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