Wren: Definition and part of speech

Wren

  1. n. Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.
  2. n. Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wrench: Definition and part of speech

Wrench

  1. v. t. 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.
  2. v. t. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
  3. v. t. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
  4. v. t. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
  5. v. t. Means; contrivance.
  6. 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.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wreckage: Definition and part of speech

Wreckage

  1. n. That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
  2. n. The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wrecker: Definition and part of speech

Wrecker

  1. n. A vessel employed by wreckers.
  2. n. One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
  3. 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 Key West.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.