wrest

    noun
  1. Music clau d’afinador.
  2. transitive verb
  3. arrabassar, treure.
  4. to wrest something from someone arrabassar una cosa a algú.
  5. to wrest gold from rocks treure or de les pedres.
  6. to wrest a living from the soil figurative guanyar-se la vida treballant amb dificultat la terra.
  7. figurative deformar, interpretar malament, entendre malament.
  8. reflexive verb
  9. to wrest oneself free (poder) alliberar-se després de molts esforços.