wrench

/rɛn(t)ʃ/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɛn(t)ʃ/

wrench

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> wrench

Myanmar meaning

အားနှင့် လိမ်ဖဲ့ခြင်း။

Full entry

wrench /rentʃ/ v

၁။ ~ sth off (sth); ~ sb/ sth away တအားဆွဲဖြုတ်သည်။ တအားဆောင့်ဆွဲသည်။ လိမ်ချိုးသည်။ wrench a door off its hinges ❍ I wrenched my arm away. ❍ wrench the door open ❍ He managed to wrench himself free.
၂။ အဆစ်လွဲသည်၊ မျက်သည်။ She must have wrenched her knee when she fell.
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၁။ [C usu sing ] ဆောင့်ဆွဲခြင်း။ လိမ်ချိုးခြင်း။ အဆစ်လွဲခြင်း။ She stumbled and gave her ankle a painful wrench.
၂။ [sing] ဝမ်းနည်းကြေကွဲစရာ ခွဲခွာမှု။ Leaving home was a terrible wrench for me.
၃။ [C] ခွရှင်။ See also MONKEY WRENCH

More examples

‘Most sprains happen from a sudden wrench or twist.’
‘Jo steeled herself, and with an almighty wrench pulled her legs free of Morgan's vice-like grip.’
‘It is a bit plasticky inside, not helped by the rather dull colours used for the interior trim, but none of the seemingly ill-designed fittings actually came apart of their own accord, only after being given a hard wrench.’
‘A sharp wrench to my shoulder and Jonathan forcibly pulling me to my feet shocked me.’
‘I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend.’
‘He ordered a loaf, watched as she slipped it into a bag, twisting the top with a wrench of her wrist.’
‘Although Jay admits it was a wrench leaving her family she is hoping to be joined by husband Sino, 34, who works for an Indian shipping company and their five-year-old daughter Neha in the spring.’
‘And with a sudden wrench inside of his heart, Ark realised that his friend was gone.’
‘It must be a big wrench for him and the supporters to have a home-bred player leave the club.’
‘The area, on the edge of the Dales, has much to commend it to Dr Hope, and the move from York should not prove too much of a wrench.’
‘Fernandez, who lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Ximena, and one-year-old daughter, Judith, is not being diplomatic when he says that it will be a wrench to leave Livingston.’
‘This is going to be a huge wrench for me, but it is a huge challenge that I'm looking forward to.’
‘‘It is a wrench but I would probably not be able to represent my constituents with the energy I had before, so it is time someone a bit younger took it on, ’ she said.’
‘Mr and Mrs Hoban said: ‘This is a big wrench but we cannot support a party that flouts the UN.’’
‘It will be a bit of a wrench to leave the house the family has had for so long.’
‘The project is for young people aged 13 to 19 but it is such a wrench for older members to leave that they are trained to become volunteer youth workers and so continue their connection with the project.’
‘So, as you can imagine, it's a great wrench to be pulling out: I'm emotionally involved now, it's part of me.’
‘The move was a real wrench, and he feels guilty about it even though everyone has told him he has done the right thing.’
‘But he and his wife Hillary also face the wrench of leaving behind their three sons, Owen and Daniel, who are in university, and Benjamin, who is still in school.’
‘Practice manager Sandra Jackson said: ‘We've got a lot of history here and it's really going to be a bit of a wrench, but the new facilities are fantastic.’’

Synonyms

pull, tug, jerk, twist, yank, haul, bend, capriole, charley horse, coerce, compel, contort, crick, curlicue, dislocate, dislodge, distort, drag, exact, extract, force violently, gambade, grapnel, grip, handclasp, handgrip, handhold, handshake, hank, helix, injure, jump, leapfrog, leapfrogging, pang, pervert, pinch, rend, rick, rip, saltation, screw, sprain, squeeze, strain, tautness, tear, tensity, torsion, turn, tweak, twinge, wrest, wring

Antonyms

deter, give, idle, leave alone, straighten, untwist