to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.

to take away by force

to wrest a knife from a child.

to get by effort

to wrest a living from the soil.

to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.

a wresting; twist or wrench.

a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.

verb

wring , exact , squeeze , wrench , belie , color , falsify , load , misrepresent , misstate , pervert , twist , warp , distort , extort , extract , force , garble , misconstrue , rend , seize , snatch , take , usurp , wrestle