Usually means: Squeezed out liquid by twisting.
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  1. wrung: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wrung: Merriam-Webster
  3. wrung: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wrung: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wrung: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wrung: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wrung, wrung: Wordnik
  8. wrung: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wrung: Wiktionary
  10. wrung: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wrung: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wrung: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. wrung: Dictionary.com
  14. wrung: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Wrung: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. wrung: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Wrung: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. wrung: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. wrung: FreeDictionary.org
  20. wrung: TheFreeDictionary.com

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verb:  (transitive)
verb:  Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
verb:  To squeeze water from (an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
verb:  (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
verb:  (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
verb:  To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
verb:  To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
verb:  To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
verb:  To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
verb:  Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
verb:  (archaic or British, dialectal, also figuratively) To cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to harm, to hurt, to injure.
verb:  (figuratively)
verb:  To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
verb:  To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
verb:  To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
verb:  To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
verb:  (obsolete) To afflict or oppress (someone) to enforce compliance; to extort.
verb:  (obsolete) To cause (someone) to do something or to think a certain way.
verb:  (obsolete) To change (something) into another thing.
verb:  (obsolete) To give (teachings, words, etc.) an incorrect meaning; to twist, to wrest.
verb:  (obsolete, reflexive) To put (oneself) in a position by cunning or subtle means; to insinuate.
verb:  (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
verb:  To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
verb:  To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
verb:  To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
verb:  (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
verb:  (obsolete) To make a way out with difficulty.
noun:  (also figuratively) A powerful squeezing or twisting action.
noun:  (dated) Followed by down: the product of wringing, such as cider or wine.
noun:  (obsolete) A sharp physical pain, especially in the abdomen; also, mental pain or distress.
noun:  (archaic) A device for compressing or pressing, especially for making cheese, cider from apples, or wine from grapes.
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