wrench

A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.

A trick or artifice.

Deceit; guile; treachery.

A turn at an acute angle.

A winch or windlass.

A screw.

A distorting change from the original meaning.

A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.

An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.

A violent emotional change caused by separation.

In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.

Means; contrivance

In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

To violently move in a turn or writhe.

To pull or twist violently.

“With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.”

To turn aside or deflect.

To slander.

To tighten with or as if with a winch.

To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

“Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!”

To distort from the original meaning.

To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.

To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.

To rack with pain.

To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

To use the tool known as a wrench.

“The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.”