MEANING
1. To twist something tightly, usually to force liquid out.
2. To force or draw something from someone through pressure or difficulty.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- wring out cloth
- wring one's hands
On the page
She wrung the wet cloth over the basin.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- wring
- Past tense
- wrung
- Past participle
- wrung
- Present participle
- wringing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- wring
- Present continuous
- am/is/are wringing
- Present perfect
- have/has wrung
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been wringing
- Past
- wrung
- Past continuous
- was/were wringing
- Past perfect
- had wrung
- Past perfect continuous
- had been wringing
- Future
- will wring
- Future continuous
- will be wringing
- Future perfect
- will have wrung
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been wringing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: wring; wrings; wrung; wrung; wringing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: wrings.
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