wrench

Definition of wrench in English English dictionary: A movement that twists and pulls violently; A distorting change; To use the tool known as a wrench
The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.; A sudden emotional change; A violent pull or twist; a tug
With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.; Sad feeling when leaving something or someone loved
Also, it puts a lot of undue pressure on Tevez. Obviously he had his differences with Sir Alex and the board at Old Trafford, but it was clearly a wrench for him to leave United given his fantastic relationship with the fans. -.; To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting
Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!.; To pull or twist violently
With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.; a hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; {v} to pull by force, force, wrest, sprain; {n} a violent twist, turn or pull, sprain, trap; A spanner, usually adjustable; To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence; of different sizes; 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 hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"; A wrench or a monkey wrench is an adjustable metal tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts of different sizes; Mechanic He is the one who wields the wrenches; make a sudden twisting motion; If you wrench one of your joints, you twist it and injure it. He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall; Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc; If you say that leaving someone or something is a wrench, you feel very sad about it. I always knew it would be a wrench to leave Essex after all these years Although it would be a wrench, we would all accept the challenge of moving abroad; Exclusively from a crowbar attack, especially to the torso region of the scientist, er uhmm opponent; Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem; Means; contrivance; twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"; a jerky pulling movement; A tool for turning nuts or bolts This term is not common in British usage, where the term "spanner" or "key" is generally preferred Wrenches are divided into two families; If you wrench yourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held. She wrenched herself from his grasp He wrenched his arm free She tore at one man's face as she tried to wrench free; twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"; The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force; Slang for mechanic; If you wrench something that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it. He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand They wrenched open the passenger doors and jumped into her car; Slang for racing mechanic; To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert; twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"; A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint; a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"; {i} violent twist; violent ripping; act of wresting; tool for gripping or turning bolts; a screw key; Bike mechanic, as in "Gravy Gravenites, team wrench for "; {f} pull by force; bend forcefully; twist; hurt by twisting; cut off; distort, pervert; a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt; A violent twist, or a pull with twisting; Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench; If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections. or spanner Tool, usually operated by hand, for tightening bolts and nuts. A wrench basically consists of a lever with a notch at one or both ends for gripping the bolt or nut so that it can be twisted by a pull at right angles to the axes of the lever and the bolt or nut. Open-end wrenches have ends with straight-sided slots that fit over the part being tightened; box-end wrenches have ends that enclose the nut and have six, eight, 12, or 16 points inside the head. A socket wrench is essentially a short pipe with a square or hexagonal hole and either a permanent or a removable handle
Allen wrench: A hex head wrench
Stillson wrench: pipe wrench
hex head wrench: A screwdriver whose handle and hexagonal head are at right angles
monkey wrench: A pipe wrench
monkey wrench: A wrench with a smooth adjustable jaw to grip different sizes of nuts
monkey wrench: A problem, obstacle or dilemma; something unexpected or troublesome
Having a baby will add a monkey wrench to her routines.
pipe wrench: An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections
ratchet wrench: A wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar
socket wrench: A type of wrench featuring multiple interchangeable socket heads (each designed to fit a particular size of bolt head or other fastener) which can be attached by a socket arrangement to a ratcheting wrench handle or other driver
tension wrench: A torsion wrench
torque wrench: A torsion wrench
torsion wrench: An "L" shaped tool used in lockpicking to apply torsion to the inner cylinder of a lock, in order to hold any picked pins in place, while the other pins are shifted, and then to turn the inner cylinder and open the lock
allen wrench: Trademark - A spanner designed to fit into and turn an Allen screw
socket wrench: (Araçlar) A wrench with interchangeable heads called sockets that attach to a fitting on the wrench, allowing it to turn different sized bolts and other fasteners. The most common form is a hand tool popularly called a ratchet consisting of a handle with a ratcheting mechanism built in, so it can be turned using a back-and-forth motion in cramped spaces
Allen wrench: A rod with six sides and often L-shaped Used to remove certain screws and fastenings, especially set screws Sometimes called "hex wrenches" or "Allen key "
Allen wrench: (Otomotiv) An L-shaped tool that works like a screwdriver, designed to remove screws with hexagonal holes in their heads. They are sometimes called hex wrenches
Allen wrench: Hexagon (6-point) tip used to fit socket head screws or setscrews
Allen wrench: An L-shaped tool that works like a screwdriver, designed to remove screws with hexagonal holes in their heads They are sometimes called hex wrenches
Allen wrench: A wrench used specifically for allen-head screws
Allen wrench: Size-specific "L"-shaped loosening and tightening tool Also referred to as hex key
Allen wrench: A tool consisting of an L-shaped bar with a hexagonal head, used to turn screws with hexagonal sockets. a tool used to turn an Allen screw British Equivalent: Allen key (Allen Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut)
Alligator wrench: a wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator)
adjustable wrench: can be changed to different settings
allen wrench: a wrench for Allen screws
alligator wrench: A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side
box end wrench: a type of wrench with a hollow end that fits over a nut that is being screwed or unscrewed British Equivalent: ring spanner
box wrench: A wrench having a closed, ringlike end designed to fit over a nut or bolt
box wrench: a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head
brace wrench: a wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket head
bulldog wrench: a wrench designed to provide a firm grip on something
carriage wrench: a wrench designed for use with carriage bolts
dog wrench: a wrench with a handle shaped like a crank
hex wrench: (Otomotiv) An L-shaped tool that works like a screwdriver, designed to remove screws with hexagonal holes in their heads. They are sometimes called hex wrenches
hook wrench: a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head
lug wrench: a wrench with jaws that have projecting lugs to engage the object that is to be rotated
lug wrench: (Otomotiv) A wrench used during tire changes to remove the lug nuts that hold the wheel onto the car. The crossshaft type provides the best leverage
monkey wrench: adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw
monkey wrench: type of wrench that can be adjusted to grasp different size nuts; obstacle, interference, hindrance
monkey wrench: A type of adjustable wrench in which the jaws are perpendicular to the handle
monkey-wrench: adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw
open-end wrench: A wrench having fixed, open jaws on one or both ends
open-end wrench: a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle)
pin wrench: a wrench that has a projecting pin that fits into a socket on the object to be turned
pin wrench: monkey wrench, adjustable wrench used on pipes
pipe wrench: A wrench with two serrated jaws, one adjustable, for gripping and turning pipe
pipe wrench: adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe
pipe wrench: tool used for gripping or turning pipes
s wrench: a wrench with an S-shaped handle
screw wrench: adjustable wrench that has one jaw that can be adjusted by turning a screw
screw wrench: {i} wrench for turning screws; adjustable wrench having one jaw that can be adjusted by turning a screw
socket wrench: a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted
socket wrench: (Otomotiv) A wrench that completely covers the head of a bolt rather than fitting around its circumference. A socket set usually consists of a variety of sockets plus at least one handle (usually a ratchet handle), a couple of extenders, and sometimes a spark plug socket as well
socket wrench: n. A wrench with a usually interchangeable socket to fit over a nut or bolt
socket wrench: wrench with sockets of different sizes that can be changed to fit over nuts or bolts
sparkplug wrench: a wrench for removing or tightening spark plugs into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine
stillson wrench: A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle
stillson wrench: a large pipe wrench with L-shaped adjustable jaws that tighten as pressure on the handle is increased
stillson wrench: Pressure on the handle increases the grip
tap wrench: a wrench for turning a tap to create an internal screw thread
throw a monkey wrench into something: cause something to fail
torque wrench: A special wrench that measures the exact amount of torque being applied to tighten a nut or bolt
torque wrench: A wrench containing an adjustable mechanism for measuring and controlling the amount of torque or turning force to be exerted - often used in tightening nuts and bolts
torque wrench: a wrench that has a gauge that indicates the amount of torque being applied
torque wrench: a hand or power tool used to turn a nut on a bolt that can be adjusted to deliver a predetermined amount of torque
torque wrench: Device to measure the amount of torque or force applied to a threaded connection
torque wrench: A tool that is used to indicate the amount of force being applied to a fastener
torque wrench: A manual wrench which incorporates a gauge or other method to indicate the amount of torque transferred to the nut or bolt
torque wrench: A special wrench with a built-in indicator that shows you how much force you're applying to a bolt A torque wrench should always be used when doing any type of major engine work, when tightening fasteners on the brake system or suspension, when tightening wheel lug nuts or when you don't want to risk breaking a bolt
wrenched: Simple past and past participle of to wrench
wrenches: {third-person singular of wrench
wrenches: plural of wrench
wrenching: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"
wrenching: Present participle of to wrench
wrenchingly: In a wrenching manner