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to thring

to thring

9.9
To press something tightly to remove water
  • verb
  • Archaic
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  • She tried to thring the wet clothes to remove as much water as possible.

Examples

  • The ancient text described how villagers would thring grapes to make juice.

  • Don't thring the fabric too much!

  • In the old poem, the blacksmith would thring the hot metal into shape.

  • He thrang the fabric tightly in his hands.

  • In ancient times, people would thring the wheat to prepare it for grinding into flour.

  • During the harvest festival, the villagers would thring the apples to press them for cider.

  • The old recipe suggested to thring the herbs tightly before adding them to the pot.

Synonyms

to squeeze
vsto thring
119 1.6

To press something firmly with your hand or fingers

presses tightly without needing manual hand or finger action
to tamp
vsto thring
14 7.0

To press or pack something down tightly

presses items together rather than packing them down into a space
to straiten
vsto thring
  • Archaic
9.2

Press something so it becomes narrow or tight

is about pressing tightly without implying narrowing
to constringe
vsto thring
9.9

To become tight or to make something tight by getting smaller

presses together from outside rather than tightening by itself

Antonyms

to loosen
88 1.0

Make something less tight so it can move or open

How Tight

to crush
401 1.6
to compress
94 3.7
to thring
  • Archaic
9.9
to squeeze
119 1.6
press
11 1.3

Surface Forms

thring infinitive
thringing present participle
thrings third person singular
thrang past
thrang past participle

Etymology

Thring also carried the idea of 'pressing' or 'squeezing' things tightly, a sense like the familiar word wring. So to thring something was to squeeze or press it together, for example to get juice from fruit or water from clothes.