Meaning Of Wrench

v. t.

Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

v. t.

A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

v. t.

A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

v. t.

Means; contrivance.

v. t.

An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.

v. t.

The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

n.

To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

n.

To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.