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We found 34 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word wrench:
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General dictionaries General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrench: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. wrench: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. wrench: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. wrench: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Wrench: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. wrench: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. wrench: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. wrench: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. wrench: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. wrench (n.), wrench (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. wrench: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. wrench: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. wrench: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  14. The Wrench, Wrench (comics), Wrench: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  15. Wrench: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  16. wrench: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  17. wrench: Rhymezone [home, info]
  18. Wrench: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  19. wrench: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  20. wrench: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  21. wrench: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  22. wrench: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  23. Wrench, wrench: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  24. wrench: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WRENCH: Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wrench: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrench: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrench: online medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrench: Idioms [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrench: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary [home, info]
  2. Wrench: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
  3. wrench: mda Archaeological Objects Thesaurus [home, info]

Sports dictionaries Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrench: Mountain Bike Slang [home, info]
  2. Wrench: Bicycle Glossary [home, info]

Quick definitions (wrench)

noun:  a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
noun:  a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments ("The wrench to his knee occurred as he fell")
noun:  a jerky pulling movement
verb:  twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates ("Wrench a window off its hinges")
verb:  make a sudden twisting motion
verb:  twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
verb:  twist suddenly so as to sprain ("Wrench one's ankle")
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #24080)

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