wrenched
SayRENCHT/ɹɛnt͡ʃt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of wrench.
The mechanic wrenched the rusted bolt free after several hard pulls.
A heavy branch was wrenched from the old oak by the storm.
Note
A regular -ed form doing double duty: the plain past (she wrenched the door open) and the participle after have or be (the lid had been wrenched loose). As a participle it often sits before a noun, especially in the injury sense: a wrenched knee, a wrenched shoulder. With from, it carries the idea of taking by force. That covers a branch torn from a tree, or words wrenched from their original meaning.
wrenched is a form of wrench
wrench, verb: To pull or twist something with sudden, violent force. Full entry
- Spelling
- wrench → wrenched: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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