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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WREST

Old English wrǣstan; related to Old Norse reista.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WREST

wrest  [rɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WREST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wrest is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wrest in English.

WHAT DOES WREST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wrest

Wrest Park

Wrest Park is a country estate located near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. It comprises Wrest Park, a Grade I listed country house, and Wrest Park Gardens, also Grade I listed, formal gardens surrounding the mansion.

Definition of wrest in the English dictionary

The first definition of wrest in the dictionary is to take or force away by violent pulling or twisting. Other definition of wrest is to seize forcibly by violent or unlawful means. Wrest is also to obtain by laborious effort.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WREST

PRESENT

Present
I wrest
you wrest
he/she/it wrests
we wrest
you wrest
they wrest
Present continuous
I am wresting
you are wresting
he/she/it is wresting
we are wresting
you are wresting
they are wresting
Present perfect
I have wrested
you have wrested
he/she/it has wrested
we have wrested
you have wrested
they have wrested
Present perfect continuous
I have been wresting
you have been wresting
he/she/it has been wresting
we have been wresting
you have been wresting
they have been wresting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I wrested
you wrested
he/she/it wrested
we wrested
you wrested
they wrested
Past continuous
I was wresting
you were wresting
he/she/it was wresting
we were wresting
you were wresting
they were wresting
Past perfect
I had wrested
you had wrested
he/she/it had wrested
we had wrested
you had wrested
they had wrested
Past perfect continuous
I had been wresting
you had been wresting
he/she/it had been wresting
we had been wresting
you had been wresting
they had been wresting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will wrest
you will wrest
he/she/it will wrest
we will wrest
you will wrest
they will wrest
Future continuous
I will be wresting
you will be wresting
he/she/it will be wresting
we will be wresting
you will be wresting
they will be wresting
Future perfect
I will have wrested
you will have wrested
he/she/it will have wrested
we will have wrested
you will have wrested
they will have wrested
Future perfect continuous
I will have been wresting
you will have been wresting
he/she/it will have been wresting
we will have been wresting
you will have been wresting
they will have been wresting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would wrest
you would wrest
he/she/it would wrest
we would wrest
you would wrest
they would wrest
Conditional continuous
I would be wresting
you would be wresting
he/she/it would be wresting
we would be wresting
you would be wresting
they would be wresting
Conditional perfect
I would have wrest
you would have wrest
he/she/it would have wrest
we would have wrest
you would have wrest
they would have wrest
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been wresting
you would have been wresting
he/she/it would have been wresting
we would have been wresting
you would have been wresting
they would have been wresting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you wrest
we let´s wrest
you wrest
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to wrest
Past participle
wrested
Present Participle
wresting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WREST


best
bɛst
breast
brɛst
Budapest
ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst
chest
tʃɛst
contest
ˈkɒntɛst
dressed
drɛst
est
ɛst
fest
fɛst
guest
ɡɛst
invest
ɪnˈvɛst
jest
dʒɛst
northwest
ˌnɔːθˈwɛst
processed
ˈprəʊsɛst
quest
kwɛst
request
rɪˈkwɛst
rest
rɛst
southwest
ˌsaʊθˈwɛst
suggest
səˈdʒɛst
test
tɛst
west
wɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WREST

wrecking
wrecking ball
wrecking bar
wrecking crane
wreckmaster
Wrekin
wren
wrench
wrencher
wrenchingly
wrest pin
wrest plank
wrester
wrestle
wrestler
wrestling
wrestling hold
wrestling match
wretch
wretched

WORDS THAT END LIKE WREST

armrest
at rest
Black Forest
Brest
Bucharest
come to rest
crest
dearest
Everest
forest
Forrest
hillcrest
house arrest
human interest
interest
lay to rest
prest
rainforest
the rest
unrest

Synonyms and antonyms of wrest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WREST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wrest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wrest
extract · force · pull · seize · strain · take · twist · win · wrench · wring

Translation of «wrest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WREST

Find out the translation of wrest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wrest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wrest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谋篡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrebatar
570 millions of speakers

English

wrest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हथिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتزاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вырвать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছিনান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arracher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wrest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abringen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奪取する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

억지로 얻어내다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wrest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự vặn mạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குதர்க்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुस्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gaspetmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strappare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyrwać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вирвати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smulge
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποσπάσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdraai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rycka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fravriste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wrest

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WREST»

The term «wrest» is quite widely used and occupies the 55.057 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WREST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wrest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wrest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wrest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WREST»

Discover the use of wrest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wrest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Walking in Bedfordshire
Plenty of interest on this fine ramble around the mid Bedfordshire countryside, virtually all on good footpaths and bridleways. The walk starts with a traverse of Wrest Park, a large landscaped area in which is located Wrest House and Gardens, ...
Alan Castle, 2001
2
Wrest Park [Red Guide]
Later additions by successive generations of the de Greys mark every major change in taste in English garden design until the mid-19th century.Within the grounds are many fine garden buildings, including Thomas Archer’s superb baroque ...
Andrew Hann, Shelley Garland, English Heritage, 2011
3
Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record ...
gether with metal bars, and causing the wrest-pins to pass through and rest within the additional wrest-plank, as formerly. In Plate X., fig. 1, is a front view of a wrest-plank, through which the wrest-pins pass ; and fig. 2, is a transverse section of ...
William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington, 1853
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The London journal of arts and sciences (and repertory of ...
1, in Plate II., represents a transverse vertical section of the piano-forte, a, is the wrest-plank, in which the wrest or tuning-pins b, arc fixed; c, the bracing or skeleton part of the instrument; d, the bridge of the wrest-plank ; e, the sounding- board ...
William Newton, 1847
5
Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences
bars,—-the wrest-pins being caused to pass through and rest within the additional wrest-plank (which it is preferred should be of metal), and being held firmly in the ordinary wrest-plank, as formerly. In Plate IV., fig. 1, is a plan of the wrest-plank ...
‎1854
6
Transgressing Discourses: Communication and the Voice of Other
All the women who testified were attacked at different moments of Wrest's life;" two were attacked before March 1987, and one, Kimi Hansel, was attacked on the same night that Wrest killed Virginia and Nancy; Shannon Alton was attacked in ...
Michael Huspek, Gary P. Radford, 1997
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The Farmer's Magazine
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. Sir, — In your last month's magazine your readers are favoured with what purports to be an l< Essay on the mechiutcal properties of Ploughs." Had the Work performed by 11 Turn-wrest Plough ...
‎1843
8
Poems and Plays
Oft have you, (often have you thanks therefore,) Desir'd my Cressid in right great exchange, Whom Troy hath still denied : But this Antenor, I know, is such a wrest in their afl'airs 9, 3 —Antenor,] Very few particulars respecting this Trojan are ...
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, 1821
9
The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Oft have you, (often have you thanks therefore,) Desir'd my Cressid in right great exchange, Whom Troy hath still denied : But this Antenor, I know, is such a wrest in their affairs 9, 8 — Antenor,] Very few particulars respecting this Trojan are ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
10
The Piano-Forte
The old wrest pins were thin, and owing to their nail-like appearance they were called ' Stimmnagel ' or tuning-nail in the early nineteenth-century Bavarian and Austrian patents. Whilst they were small and the strings were thin and not drawn  ...
Rosamond E. M. Harding, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WREST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wrest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Land O'Lakes Can't Wrest Trademark From Tackle Co.
Law360, Chicago (July 23, 2015, 5:12 PM ET) -- Land O'Lakes Inc. on Thursday lost its bid to block a fishing tackle company from using a name nearly identical ... «Law360, Jul 15»
2
Wrest Point Casino fined $17500 for allowing faulty poker machine …
A Government spokesperson said Federal had agreed to audit all 650 electronic gaming machines at Wrest Point "to ensure correct operating functionality". «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
In Pictures: exhibition reveals real life war stories
A new pop up exhibition is revealing the story of how Wrest Park was the first country house to take in convalescing soldiers during the First World War. «Bedford Today, Jul 15»
4
Wrest Park at War Exhibiton
English Heritage historians are hoping a pop-up exhibition opening this week, telling the story of how Wrest Park and its ground were put to use as a hospital ... «Bedfordshire News, Jul 15»
5
Saudi-Backed Forces Said to Wrest Aden, Yemen, From Houthis
AL MUKALLA, Yemen — The exiled Yemeni government said Friday that Saudi-backed fighters had “completely liberated” the southern city of Aden from the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Wrest Park: The UK's First WW1 Convalescent Home
During the First World War, long before places like Tedworth House or Phoenix House existed, soldiers recovering from their injuries had little choice of where to ... «Forces TV, Jul 15»
7
Heineken poised to wrest control of UB from Mallya
BANGALORE: Dutch beer giant Heineken has gained the right to control India's largest brewer United Breweries (UB), the last big company controlled by ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Private banks wrest market share from PSBs
At a time when most public sector banks (PSBs) have been busy dealing with the issue of mounting bad loans and depleting capital, private sector lenders have ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
9
Chicago Tribune's suit could finally wrest answers from the …
John_KassNominate your #Moutza of the Month of July #Hulk, #WalterPalmer. #twerking class or others? My FB or here. #moutza http://t.co/RtIXgWxKVm. «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
10
Federal Hotels to challenge Wrest Point casino site's heritage listing …
Gambling giant Federal Hotels is taking legal action after finding its Wrest Point site in Sandy Bay had been heritage listed. It wants the court to declare Hobart's ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»

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