Что (кто) такое Wrest - определение

COUNTRY ESTATE LOCATED NEAR SILSOE, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

Wrest Park Gardens; Wrest; Wrest Park House, Silsoe

wrest

v. a.

Twist. See wrench, v. a.

Pervert, strain, turn out of its true meaning, put a violent construction on.

wrest

[r?st]

¦ verb

1. forcibly pull from a person's grasp.

take (power or control) after considerable effort or resistance.

2. archaic distort the meaning or interpretation of.

¦ noun archaic a key for tuning a harp or piano.

Origin

OE wrstan 'twist, tighten', of Gmc origin; related to wrist.

wrest

v. (d; tr.) to wrest from (to wrest power from a dictator)

Википедия

Wrest Park

Wrest Park is a country estate located in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. It comprises Wrest Park, a Grade I listed country house, and Wrest Park Gardens, also Grade I listed, formal gardens surrounding the mansion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrest Park

Примеры произношения для Wrest

1. unless I can somehow wrest them back,

Clariel - The Lost Abhorsen _ Garth Nix _ Talks at Google

2. AUDIENCE: My question is, how can the city wrest control

Greater Than Ever _ Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff _ Talks at Google

3. And they want to wrest control of the internet from the US.

Liars and Outliers _ Bruce Schneier _ Talks at Google

4. to wrest Mazar-i-Sharif from the Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.

Untold Extraordinary Miltary Service Stories _ Talks at Google

Примеры употребления для Wrest

1. Attempts to wrest back control were met with terrifying force.

2. Some writers wrestle with their muses, wrest stories from them.

3. Senate race, are working hard to wrest those two seats away.

4. The record industry has long grappled with how to wrest back control of digital music.

5. I judge Gordon Brown to be winning his struggle to wrest power from Tony Blair.