English-Danish translations for wring

• vride
  Det er ikke nok at sidde og vride vores hænder. Wringing our hands is not enough.
  Det er på høje tid, at vi holder op med at vride hænder og tager os sammen. It is high time that we stopped wringing our hands and got serious.
  Vi synes at bruge ret så megen tid på at vride hænder over Rådets modvillighed mod at gå med til en energiafgift og andre fiskale foranstaltninger. We seem to do quite a lot of wringing our hands about the Council's reluctance to agree an energy tax and other fiscal measures.

Definition of wring

• To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out. ''See also'wring out
• To extract from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it
• To obtain by force
• To draw ; to generate as a response
• To hold tightly and press or twist
• To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc
• To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond
• To twist, as if in pain
• To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc
• To subject to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance
• To bend or strain out of its position
• A powerful squeezing or twisting action
• Pain or distress
• A device for pressing or compressing, especially for cider

Examples

• I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry
• Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl
• The police said they would wring the truth out of that heinous criminal.
• to wring ones hands (with worry, etc
• to wring someones hand (i.e. shake hands with them
• to wring someones / an animals neck
• to wring a mast
• I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.

Related words

• wringer
• wringing
• Wrington
• wring out
• wring one's hands
• wring one's hand
• wringing wet
• wringing machine