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- wrecked adjective (wrecked); also past form of the verb wreck (wreck, wrecks, wrecked, wrecking)
Wrecked means badly damaged or destroyed: a wrecked car, a wrecked ship. - wren noun (a wren, wrens)
A wren is a tiny brown bird with a short tail that sticks up; it has a very loud song for its size. - wrench noun (a wrench, wrenches); verb (wrench, wrenches, wrenched, wrenching)
A metal tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts; in the UK it is usually called a spanner. - wrestle verb (wrestle, wrestles, wrestled, wrestling)
To fight by holding and pushing someone, trying to get them to the ground, as a sport or in play. - wrestler noun (wrestlers)
A wrestler is a person who fights by gripping an opponent and trying to throw him to the ground, in a sport or contest. - wrestling noun (wrestling — uncountable); verb, -ing form of «wrestle» (wrestle, wrestles, wrestled, wrestling)
Wrestling 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. - wretch noun (wretches)
1) A wretch is a bad or mean person, used as an insult or in anger. 2) A wretch can also be a poor, unhappy person who is to be pitied. - wretched adjective (wretched, more wretched, most wretched); adverb (wretchedly); noun (wretch)
Very unhappy, ill or miserable: «I felt wretched with flu.». - wretchedly adverb
1) Wretchedly means in a very unhappy, miserable way. 2) Wretchedly means very badly or poorly. - wretchedness noun (no plural)
1) Wretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness. - wriggle verb (wriggle, wriggles, wriggled, wriggling); noun (a wriggle, wriggles)
To wriggle means to twist and turn your body quickly from side to side: "the worm wriggled in my hand". - wriggling verb, -ing form of «wriggle» (wriggle, wriggles, wriggled, wriggling); adjective (a wriggling worm)
Wriggling means twisting and turning your body with quick small movements. - wriggly adjective (wriggly, wrigglier, wriggliest)
Wriggly describes something that twists and turns its body a lot, like a worm or a fish. - wright noun (a wright — old, mostly in compound words); proper name (Wright)
A wright is an old word for a person who makes or builds things, used now mostly at the end of words: playwright, shipwright, wheelwright. - wring verb (wring, wrings, wrung, wringing)
To wring something is to twist and squeeze it hard to get water out of it, as with a wet cloth. - wrinkle noun (a wrinkle, wrinkles); verb (wrinkle, wrinkles, wrinkled, wrinkling)
A wrinkle is a small line or fold in skin, cloth or paper. - wrinkly adjective (wrinkly, wrinklier, wrinkliest); noun (a wrinkly, wrinklies — UK, slang, rude-ish)
Having many wrinkles or creases: wrinkly skin, a wrinkly shirt. - wrist noun (a wrist, wrists)
1) Your wrist is the joint between your hand and your arm. 2) A wrist is also the part of a sleeve that covers this joint. - wristband noun (a wristband, wristbands)
1) A 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… - wristwatch noun (wristwatch, wristwatches)
1) A small clock you wear on a strap or band around your wrist. - writ noun (writs); also old past form of write
1) A writ is a formal written order from a court of law. 2) (old use, in tales and rhymes) Writ means written, the old past form of write. - write verb (write, writes, wrote, written, writing)
To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen. - writer noun (a writer, writers)
A writer is a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or scripts, especially as a job. - writhe verb (writhes, writhing, writhed)
1) To writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain. 2) To writhe can mean to wriggle hard to get free of a hold. - writhed verb (past form of writhe: writhe, writhes, writhing, writhed)
1) Writhed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle. 2) Writhed can mean wriggled hard to get free. - writhing verb, -ing form of writhe (writhe, writhes, writhed, writhing); adjective (writhing)
Twisting and turning the body, usually because of pain, or wriggling like a snake or worm. - writing noun (writing; a writing — rare; writings); verb, -ing form of write (write, writes, wrote, written, writing)
The activity or skill of putting words on paper or a screen. - written verb form of write (write, writes, wrote, written, writing); adjective (written)
Written means put down in words or numbers on paper or a screen. - wrong adjective (wrong); adverb (wrong, wrongly); noun (a wrong, wrongs); verb (wrong, wrongs, wronged, wronging)
1) Wrong means not right or not correct. Two plus two is five is a wrong answer. 2) Wrong means not the one you wanted or needed: the… - wrongdoer noun (a wrongdoer, wrongdoers)
A wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law. - wrongdoing noun (wrongdoing — usually uncountable; a wrongdoing)
1) (formal) Bad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong. - wrongful adjective
1) Wrongful means unfair, unjust or against the law (formal, law). - wrongfully adverb
1) Wrongfully means unfairly or against the law (formal, law). - wrongly adverb (wrongly)
1) In a way that is not correct; by mistake (spelled wrongly). 2) In a way that is unfair or morally wrong (wrongly blamed). - wrongness noun (wrongness; uncountable)
1) The quality of being morally wrong or unfair. 2) The quality of being incorrect or not as it should be: «a feeling of wrongness». - wroth adjective (old use; no comparative in use)
1) Wroth means very angry. (old use, in fairy tales) - wrought adjective; verb (old past form of «work»)
An old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or caused: «The storm wrought great damage.». - wry adjective (wrier, wriest)
A wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings. - wu word (Mandarin, pinyin «wǔ», «wù», «wú»); proper noun (Wu — a Chinese surname and dialect group)
1) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wǔ» means «five»: «wǔ» 五. It sounds like «woo» to an English ear. 2) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wǔ» can also mean «dance»… - wuss noun (wuss, wusses); adjective (wussy, informal)
1) (slang, mildly rude) A person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave. 2) Wuss is an old country way of saying worse. - www abbreviation (www)
www stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked pages and sites you visit on the internet with a web browser.
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