W — The school dictionary · page 61 2 3 4 5 6wreckedWrecked means badly damaged or destroyed: a wrecked car, a wrecked ship.12 sentenceswrenA wren is a tiny brown bird with a short tail that sticks up; it has a very loud song for its size.9 sentenceswrenchA metal tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts; in the UK it is usually called a spanner.11 sentenceswrestleTo fight by holding and pushing someone, trying to get them to the ground, as a sport or in play.8 sentenceswrestlerA wrestler is a person who fights by gripping an opponent and trying to throw him to the ground, in a sport or contest.6 sentenceswrestlingWrestling is a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to throw or pin the other to the ground, without punching.10 sentenceswretchA wretch is a bad or mean person, used as an insult or in anger.7 sentenceswretchedVery unhappy, ill or miserable: «I felt wretched with flu.».10 sentenceswretchedlyWretchedly means in a very unhappy, miserable way.6 sentenceswretchednessWretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness.5 sentenceswriggleTo wriggle means to twist and turn your body quickly from side to side.13 sentenceswrigglingWriggling means twisting and turning your body with quick small movements.10 sentenceswrigglyWriggly describes something that twists and turns its body a lot, like a worm or a fish.9 sentenceswrightA wright is an old word for a person who makes or builds things, used now mostly at the end of words: playwright, shipwright, wheelwright.8 sentenceswringTo wring something is to twist and squeeze it hard to get water out of it, as with a wet cloth.10 sentenceswrinkleA wrinkle is a small line or fold in skin, cloth or paper.10 sentenceswrinklyHaving many wrinkles or creases: wrinkly skin, a wrinkly shirt.9 sentenceswristYour wrist is the joint between your hand and your arm.9 sentenceswristbandA wristband is a band of cloth, plastic, rubber or paper worn around the wrist, for example to soak up sweat, show you have paid for entry…10 sentenceswristwatchA small clock you wear on a strap or band around your wrist.7 sentenceswritA writ is a formal written order from a court of law.6 sentenceswriteTo write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.13 sentenceswriterA writer is a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or scripts, especially as a job.10 sentenceswritheTo writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain.6 sentenceswrithedWrithed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle.6 sentenceswrithingTwisting and turning the body, usually because of pain, or wriggling like a snake or worm.10 sentenceswritingThe activity or skill of putting words on paper or a screen.16 sentenceswrittenWritten means put down in words or numbers on paper or a screen.12 sentenceswrongWrong means not right or not correct. Two plus two is five is a wrong answer.16 sentenceswrongdoerA wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law.8 sentenceswrongdoingBad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong.7 sentenceswrongfulWrongful means unfair, unjust or against the law (formal, law).7 sentenceswrongfullyWrongfully means unfairly or against the law (formal, law).8 sentenceswronglyIn a way that is not correct; by mistake (spelled wrongly).8 sentenceswrongnessThe quality of being morally wrong or unfair.7 sentenceswrothWroth means very angry. (old use, in fairy tales).6 sentenceswroughtAn old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or caused: «The storm wrought great damage.».11 sentenceswryA wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings.6 sentenceswu«Wǔ» means «five»: «wǔ» 五. It sounds like «woo» to an English ear.12 sentenceswussA person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave.9 sentenceswwwwww stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked pages and sites you visit on the internet with a web browser.9 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/page/6/