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WRING OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
Example:
wring out the washcloth
Synonyms:
squeeze out; wring out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
