Word Meaning

wrest definition and meaning

v. t. To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
v. t. To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
v. t. To tune with a wrest, or key.
n. The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
n. Active or moving power.
n. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
n. A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

Crossword clues for wrest

- Extract by force
- Grab
- Hobart's casino: ... Point
- Hobart’s casino: ... Point
- Obtain by great effort
- Seize power from rest, reportedly
- Seize violently
- Smallest
- Twist or turn