wring – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wring

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wring
Participle: wrung
Gerund: wringing

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of wring

Indicative

Present

Iwring
youwring
he;she;itwrings
wewring
youwring
theywring

Perfect

Ihave wrung
youhave wrung
he;she;ithas wrung
wehave wrung
youhave wrung
theyhave wrung

Past

Iwrung
youwrung
he;she;itwrung
wewrung
youwrung
theywrung

Pluperfect

Ihad wrung
youhad wrung
he;she;ithad wrung
wehad wrung
youhad wrung
theyhad wrung

Future

Iwill wring
youwill wring
he;she;itwill wring
wewill wring
youwill wring
theywill wring

Future Perfect

Iwill have wrung
youwill have wrung
he;she;itwill have wrung
wewill have wrung
youwill have wrung
theywill have wrung

Subjunctive

Present

Iwring
youwring
he;she;itwring
wewring
youwring
theywring

Perfect

Ihave wrung
youhave wrung
he;she;ithave wrung
wehave wrung
youhave wrung
theyhave wrung

Imperfect

Iwrung
youwrung
he;she;itwrung
wewrung
youwrung
theywrung

Pluperfect

Ihad wrung
youhad wrung
he;she;ithad wrung
wehad wrung
youhad wrung
theyhad wrung

Conditional

Present

Iwould wring
youwould wring
he;she;itwould wring
wewould wring
youwould wring
theywould wring

Perfect

Iwould have wrung
youwould have wrung
he;she;itwould have wrung
wewould have wrung
youwould have wrung
theywould have wrung

Imperative

youwring
weLet's wring
youwring

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam wringing
youare wringing
he;she;itis wringing
weare wringing
youare wringing
theyare wringing

Perfect

Ihave been wringing
youhave been wringing
he;she;ithas been wringing
wehave been wringing
youhave been wringing
theyhave been wringing

Past

Iwas wringing
youwere wringing
he;she;itwas wringing
wewere wringing
youwere wringing
theywere wringing

Pluperfect

Ihad been wringing
youhad been wringing
he;she;ithad been wringing
wehad been wringing
youhad been wringing
theyhad been wringing

Future

Iwill be wringing
youwill be wringing
he;she;itwill be wringing
wewill be wringing
youwill be wringing
theywill be wringing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been wringing
youwill have been wringing
he;she;itwill have been wringing
wewill have been wringing
youwill have been wringing
theywill have been wringing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be wringing
youwould be wringing
he;she;itwould be wringing
wewould be wringing
youwould be wringing
theywould be wringing

Perfect

Iwould have been wringing
youwould have been wringing
he;she;itwould have been wringing
wewould have been wringing
youwould have been wringing
theywould have been wringing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wring'

cling, dig, fling, hamstring, sling, slink, stick, sting, string, swing, underdig, unstick, unstring, wring, foind, outfling, overswing, restick, restring, undersling, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'wring'

bring, dring, ring, whing, wing, wrig, wrong, bing, boing, brine,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

take by force
exact, extort, tear, wrench
twist
wrench, squeeze, wrest, compress, pry, extract, contort

Antonyms

twist
unwind, straighten, disentangle, separate

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb clingan (cling), slincan (slink), spinnan (spin), stingan (sting), swingan (swing), gewinnan (win) and wringan (wring).

Etymology

1. O.E. wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, pp. wrungen), from P.Gmc. *wrenganan (cf. O.E. wringen "to wring, press out," O.Fris. wringa, M.Du. wringhen, Du. wringen "to wring," O.H.G. ringan "to move to and fro, to twist," Ger. ringen "to wrestle"), from PIE *wrengh- "to turn," nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). Wringer "device for squeezing water from clothes" first recorded 1799. Fig. phrase to put (something) through the wringer first recorded 1942, Amer.Eng.
2. From Middle English wring, wringe, wringen, wryng, wrynge, wryngen, wryngyn, from Old English wringan (“to wring”), from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, twist, wring”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots wring (“to wring”), Saterland Frisian wringe (“to wring”), Dutch wringen (“to wring; to wrest; to writhe”), German ringen (“to wrestle; to struggle; to wring”), wringen (“to wring”), Luxembourgish réngen (“to grapple, wrestle”); also Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, nimbly, rapidly”), Lithuanian rangýti (“to roll up; to curl, twist, wave”). See: Old English 'wringan', Proto-Germanic '*wringaną', Scots 'wring', Frisian, Saterlandic 'wringe', Dutch 'wringen', German, old spelling 'ringen', Luxembourgish 'réngen'.

Verbs referencing "wring"

German, old spelling wringen, Korean 틀리다, Luxembourgish réngen.

Sample Sentences

  • It was a source of inexpressible pleasure to me to observe the almost imperceptible, but not less certain effect, wrought by this institution among the small community of Boston; and to note at every turn the humanising tastes and desires it has engendered; the affectionate friendships to which it has given rise; the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. Her boy was old enough to have walked by her side, and, in an indifferent case, she would only have led him by the hand; but now [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] of my personal appearance, with as much indifference as if I were a stuffed figure. I never gained so much uncompromising information with reference to my own nose and eyes, and various impressions wrought by my mouth and chin on different minds, and how my head looks when it is viewed from behind, as on these occasions. Some gentlemen were only satisfied by exercising their sense of touch; and the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I saw in them, the wheels that move the meanest perversion of virtuous Political Machinery that the worst tools ever wrought. Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers; shameful [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] out with fatness; they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily. Therefore his people return, and the waters of a full cup are wrung out to them, and they say, How doth God know ? and is there knowledge in the Most High ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ But she sweats so, nights ! ” “ Well, I have, these ten years. Very often, night after night, my clothes will be wringing wet. There won't be a dry thread in my night-clothes and the sheets will be so that Mammy has to hang them up to dry ! Eva doesn't sweat anything like that ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] been ordered in Paris, to a pattern of his own device, having round it a border of rose-buds and leaves, and a centre-piece with full-flown roses. The bedstead, chairs, and lounges, were of bamboo, wrought in peculiarly graceful and fanciful patterns. Over the head of the bed was an alabaster bracket, on which a beautiful sculptured angel stood, with drooping wings, holding out a crown of [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] while over them, depending from the hands of sculptured figures, were gauze curtains similar to those of the bed. A light, fanciful bamboo table stood in the middle of the room, where a Parian vase, wrought in the shape of a white lily, with its buds, stood, ever filled with flowers. On this table lay Eva's books and little trinkets, with an elegantly wrought alabaster writing-stand, which her [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] of the room, where a Parian vase, wrought in the shape of a white lily, with its buds, stood, ever filled with flowers. On this table lay Eva's books and little trinkets, with an elegantly wrought alabaster writing-stand, which her father had supplied to her when he saw her trying to improve herself in writing. There was a fireplace in the room, and on the marble mantle above stood a [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] writing-stand, which her father had supplied to her when he saw her trying to improve herself in writing. There was a fireplace in the room, and on the marble mantle above stood a beautifully wrought statuette of Jesus receiving little children, and on either side marble vases, for which it was Tom's pride and delight to offer bouquets every morning. Two or three exquisite paintings of children, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)