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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 pressingplay

  Familiarity information: WRING OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WRING OUT (verb)


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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