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WRING OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wring out mean?
• WRING OUT (verb)
The verb WRING OUT has 1 sense:
1. extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
Familiarity information: WRING OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
squeeze out; wring out
Context example:
wring out the washcloth
Hypernyms (to "wring out" is one way to...):
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense)
"Wring out" entails doing...:
compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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