How to pronounce wrest:
Example: "Wrest the knife from his hands"
The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
A key to tune a stringed instrument.
Active or motive power.
Short for saw wrest; a saw set.
A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.