Wrench, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wrenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wrenching.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ����. See Wrench, n.]
1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.
Wrench his sword from him. Shak.
Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched
With a woeful agony. Coleridge.
2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
You wrenched your foot against a stone. Swift.