[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wring \wring\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wrung, obs. wringed; p.
   pr.  vb. n. wringing. oe. wringen, as. wringan; akin to
   lg.  d. wringen, ohg. ringan to struggle, g. ringen, sw.
   vraumnga to distort, dan. vringle to twist. cf. wrangle,
   wrench, wrong.
   1913 webster
   1. to twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
      to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
      in washing. "earnestly wringing waverley's hand." --sir w.
      scott. "wring him by the nose." --shak.
      1913 webster

            his steed so sweat that men might him wring.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the priest shall bring it a dove unto the altar,
            and wring off his head.               --lev. i. 15.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
      1913 webster

            too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
            fortune.                              --clarendon.
      1913 webster

            didst thou taste but half the griefs
            that wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus
            coldly.                               --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. to distort; to pervert; to wrest.
      1913 webster

            how dare men thus wring the scriptures? --whitgift.
      1913 webster

   4. to extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to
      squeeze or press out; hence, to extort; to draw forth by
      violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually
      with out or form.
      1913 webster

            your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --shak.
      1913 webster

            he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
            fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
            fleece.                               --judg. vi.
                                                  38.
      1913 webster

   5. to subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
      to enforce compliance.
      1913 webster

            to wring the widow from her 'customed right. --shak.
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            the merchant adventures have been often wronged and
            wringed to the quick.                 --hayward.
      1913 webster

   6. naut. to bend or strain out of its position; as, to
      wring a mast.
      1913 webster
see also:
wrung wringed wringing wrangle wrench wrong 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wring \wring\, v. i.
   to writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
   1913 webster

         't is all men's office to speak patience
         to those that wring under the load of sorrow. --shak.
   1913 webster

         look where the sister of the king of france
         sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
                                                  --marlowe.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wring \wring\, n.
   a writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. obs.
   --bp. hall.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wring
     n : a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" syn: squeeze
     v 1: twist and press out of shape syn: contort, deform, distort
     2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "wring one's
        hand" syn: wrench
     3: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "they extorted money
        from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
        the company boss"; "they squeezed money from the owner of
        the business by threatening him" syn: extort, squeeze,
         rack, gouge
     4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
        "wring the towels"
     also: wrung
see also:
squeeze contort deform distort wrench extort 
rack gouge wrung 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

146 moby thesaurus words for "wring":
   afflict, agonize, ail, anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry,
   badger, bend, bite, blackmail, bloody, buckle, burn, chafe, claim,
   claw, concentrate, contort, contortion, convulse, corkscrew,
   crinkle, crook, crookedness, crucify, crumple, cut, decoct, demand,
   detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distill, distort, distortion,
   distress, essentialize, exact, exaction, excruciate, express,
   extort, extortion, fester, force from, fret, gall, give pain,
   gnarl, gnaw, gouge, grate, grind, gripe, harrow, hurt, imbalance,
   impale, inflame, inflict pain, infuse, intort, irregularity,
   irritate, kill by inches, knot, lacerate, lancinate,
   levy blackmail, lopsidedness, macerate, martyr, martyrize, meander,
   melt down, nip, pain, pierce, pinch, press, press out, prick,
   prolong the agony, pry loose from, punish, put to torture, quirk,
   rack, rankle, rasp, refine, rend, rend from, render, rending, rip,
   rip from, ripping, rub, savage, scallop, scarify, screw,
   serpentine, shake down, slink, snake, snatch from, soak, spring,
   squeeze, stab, steep, sting, swirl, tear from, tearing, torment,
   torsion, tortuosity, torture, try, turn, turn awry, tweak, twine,
   twirl, twist, twist and turn, unsymmetry, warp, whirl, whorl, wind,
   worm, wound, wrench, wrench from, wrenching, wrest, wresting,
   wring from, wring out, wringing, writhe, wry

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