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How to pronounce “wrest”
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Pronunciation guide for wrest
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of wrest with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 6 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The End of Roe v. Wade -- and What Comes Next
if we were able to wrest the reins of governmental power
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
Example 1 of 6
How to pronounce wrest
The End of Roe v. Wade -- and What Comes Next
if we were able to wrest the reins of governmental power
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “wrest”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize.
- (transitive, figuratively) To distort, to pervert, to twist.
- (transitive, music) To tune with a wrest, or key.
- [Noun]
- The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
- (music) A key to tune a stringed instrument.
- (obsolete) Active or motive power.
- (obsolete, rare) Ellipsis of saw wrest (“a hand tool for setting the teeth of a saw, determining the width of the kerf”); a saw set.
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