Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 43
Wreaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wreak.
Wreak (v. t.) [(+on/ upon)] 發洩；排出；造成（破壞等）；施行（報復等） To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]
He should wreake him on his foes. -- Chaucer.
Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. -- Spenser.
Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. -- Fairfax.
Wreak (v. t.) To inflict or execute, especially in vengeance or passion; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy; to wreak havoc.
Note: The word wrought is sometimes assumed to be the past tense of wreak, as the phrases.
Wreak havoc and
Wrought havoc are both commonly used. In fact,
Wrought havoc is not as common as
Wreaked havoc. Whether wrought is considered as the past tense of wreak or of work,
Wrought havoc has essentially the same meaning.
Etymologically, however, wrought is only the past tense of work.
On me let Death wreak all his rage. -- Milton.
Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. -- Macaulay.
But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. -- Bryant.
Wreak (n.) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.] -- Shak. Spenser.
Wreak (v.) Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for].
Wreak (v. t.) To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.
Wreaken () p. p. of Wreak. -- Chaucer.
Wreaker (n.) Avenger. [Obs.]
The stork, the wrekere of avouterye [adultery]. -- Chaucer.
Wreakful (a.) 燃起復仇念頭的；報復的Revengeful; angry; furious. [Obs.] -- Wreak"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Wreakless (a.) 沒有復仇念頭的 Unrevengeful; weak. [Obs.]
Wreaths (n. pl. ) of Wreath.
Wreath (n.) 花圈，花環，圈狀物 Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. "A wrethe of gold." -- Chaucer.
[He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath. -- Milton.
Wreath (n.) A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. -- Chapman.
Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned. -- Bryant.
Wreath (n.) (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
Wreathed (imp.) of Wreathe.
Wreathed (p. p.) of Wreathe.
Wreathen (Archaic) of Wreathe.
Wreathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wreathe.
Wreathe (v. t.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.]
And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. -- Spenser.
Wreathe (v. t.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. -- Sir W. Scott.
From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. -- Milton.
Wreathe (v. t.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Each wreathed in the other's arms. -- Shak.
Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. -- Milton.
And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. -- Dryden.
Wreathe (v. t.) To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. -- Prior.
Wreathe (v. i.) To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. --Dryden.
Wreathe (v.) Move with slow, sinuous movements.
Wreathe (v.) Decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site."
Wreathe (v.) Form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind].
Wreath (n.) Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: {wreath}, {garland}, {coronal}, {chaplet}, {lei}].
Wreathen (a.) Twisted; made into a wreath.
Wreathless (a.) Destitute of a wreath.
Wreath-shell (n.) A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.
Wreathy (a.) Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths.
Wrecche (n.) A wretch.
Wrecche (a.) Wretched.
Wreche (n.) Wreak.
Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
Wreck (v. t.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wreck.
Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wreck.
Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.
Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
Wreckage (n.) [U] （船隻等的）失事，遭難；（失事船或飛機等的）殘骸 The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.
Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Wreckage (n.) The remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors."
Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
Wrecker (n.) One who searches
fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who
visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving
property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the
wreckers of
Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v.
Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck.
Wreke (v. t.) Alt. of Wreeke.
Wreeke (v. t.) See 2d Wreak.
Wren (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.
Note: Among the species best known are the house wren ({Troglodytes aedon) common in both Europe and America, and the American winter wren ({Troglodytes hiemalis). See also Cactus wren, Marsh wren, and Rock wren, under Cactus, Marsh, and Rock.
Wren (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.
Note: Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see Reed warbler (a), under Reed), the sedge wren (see Sedge warbler, under Sedge), the willow wren (see Willow warbler, under Willow), the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see Kinglet).
Ant wren, Any one of numerous South American birds of the family Formicaridae, allied to the ant thrushes.
Blue wren, A small Australian singing bird ({Malurus cyaneus), the male of which in the breeding season is bright blue. Called also superb warbler.
Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.
Wren babbler, Any one of numerous species of small timaline birds belonging to Alcippe, Stachyris, Timalia, and several allied genera. These birds are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Wren tit. See Ground wren, under Ground.
Wren warbler, Any one of several species of small Asiatic and African singing birds belonging to Prinia and allied genera. These birds are closely allied to the tailor birds, and build their nests in a similar manner. See also Pincpinc.
Wren (n.) English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723) [syn: Wren, Sir Christopher Wren].
Wren (n.) Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects [syn: wren, jenny wren].
Wren, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 199
Housing Units (2000): 96
Land area (2000): 0.309842 sq. miles (0.802488 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.309842 sq. miles (0.802488 sq. km)
FIPS code: 86632
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.799531 N, 84.774222 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Wren, OH
Wren
Wrench (v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]
His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. -- Chaucer.
Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
He wringeth them such a wrench. -- Skelton.
The injurious effect upon biographic literature of all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused everywhere. -- De Quincey.
Wrench (v. t.) A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
Wrench (v. t.) Means; contrivance. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.
Wrench (v. t.) (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
Carriage wrench, () A wrench adapted for removing or tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or wagon.
Monkey wrench. See under Monkey.
Wrench hammer, A wrench with the end shaped so as to admit of being used as a hammer.
Wrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Wrench.
Wrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrench.
Wrench (v. t.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
Wrench his sword from him. -- Shak.
Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony. -- Coleridge.
Wrench (v. t.) To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
You wrenched your foot against a stone. -- Swift.
Wrench (n.) A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull].
Wrench (n.) A jerky pulling movement [syn: twist, wrench].
Wrench (n.) A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt [syn: wrench, spanner].
Wrench (v.) 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"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" [syn: wrench, twist].
Wrench (v.) Make a sudden twisting motion.
Wrench (v.) Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" [syn: wring, wrench].
Wrench (v.) Twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick].
Wrested (imp. & p. p.) of Wrest.
Wresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrest.
Wrest (v. t.) 奪取，猛扭，歪曲，費力取得 To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
Wrest (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key.
Wrest (n.) 扭，擰，猛奪 The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
Wrest (n.) Active or moving power.
Wrest (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
Wrester (n.) One who wrests.
Wrestled (imp. & p. p.) of Wrestle.
Wrestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrestle.
Wrestle (v. i.) 摔角，格鬥，鬥爭，斟酌 To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
Wrestle (v. t.) 摔角 Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Wrestle (v. t.) To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
Wrestle (n.) 摔角，角力，扭鬥 A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
Wrestler (n.) 摔角選手；扭鬥者，搏鬥者 [C] One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.
Wrestling (n.) 摔角，扭鬥，格鬥 Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of the hand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other.
Wrestling (n.) The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" [syn: {wrestle}, {wrestling}, {grapple}, {grappling}, {hand-to-hand struggle}].
Wrestling (n.) The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down [syn: {wrestling}, {rassling}, {grappling}].
Wretch (v. t.) A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.
Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
Wretched (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.
Wretched (a.) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
Wretchedly (adv.) In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
Wretchedness (n.) The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
Wretchedness (n.) A wretched object; anything despicably.
Wretchful (a.) Wretched.
Wretchless (a.) Reckless; hence, disregarded.
Wrey (v. t.) See Wray.
Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Wrig (v. i.) To wriggle.
Wriggled (imp. & p. p.) of Wriggle.
Wriggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wriggle.
Wriggle (v. i.) To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
Wriggle (v. t.) To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Wriggle (a.) Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
Wriggler (n.) One who, or that which, wriggles.