wringing
Extracting by twisting
Wringing is the action of squeezing and twisting something to extract liquid or to express intensity.
Wet clothes are wrung out; hands are wrung in distress.
She was wringing water from the towel.
Wringing wet means thoroughly soaked—so wet that wringing is required.
squeeze
Firm bilateral compression
press · expel · moisture · water · damp · cloth · sponge · towel · laundry · mangle
distress
Severe anxiety or suffering
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- despairTotal absence of hope
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
fretting · worry · grief · torment · handwringing · lament · distraught · nervous · angst · dread
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- fidgetingfidgeting, fidget, tapping, fiddle, finger tapping
- garment carewashing, drying, ironing, folding, hanging
- removing excesspruning, trimming, skimming, draining, filtering
- washingwashing, rinsing, scrubbing, soaking, lathering
- extraction methodsjuicing, pressing, squeezing, milking, draining
moisture extraction method
wringingdabbing
Light, repeated pressing
patting dry · blotting · air-drying · drip-drying · evaporating
- wringing outTwisting to extract liquid
- hand wringingDemonstrative show of worry
- wringing wetThoroughly saturated with water