What does wring mean?
Word: Wring
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Wring means to twist and squeeze something wet, like a towel or a mop, to get the water out.
Synonyms: twist, squeeze
Sounds like: ring (a circle, a band worn on a finger, or the sound of a bell)
How do you spell wring?
Syllables: wring
Tricky part: The w is silent, so wring sounds exactly like ring, which is a different word.
Watch out for: whring, rwing, wringe
Memory tip: Your wrist does the twisting when you wring a cloth, and both words begin with wr.
Idioms and Phrases
- wring your hands: to twist your hands together because you are worried Example: "Gopal wrung his hands while waiting for his result."
Wring in a sentence
Example 1: Wring out your swimsuit before you put it in the bag.
Example 2: Ammi wrung the wet towel and hung it in the sun.
Example 3: Help me wring the mop so the floor doesn't get too wet.
Fun Fact
Before spin dryers, many homes had a wringer: two rubber rollers that pressed the water out of wet clothes as you turned a handle.
Practise the CREST Way
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with wring?
a) swing
b) wrong
c) king
d) bring
Show answer
b) wrong. Wrong has an 'o' sound; swing, bring and king share the sound wring makes once its silent w is dropped.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
gnwri 12345
a) 34521
b) 35421
c) 34512
d) 43521
Show answer
a) 34521. Following 3, 4, 5, 2, 1 gives the word for squeezing water out of a cloth.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
wr______
a) eng
b) yng
c) ing
d) inng
Show answer
c) ing. After wr, the word finishes with the same three letters as sting.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) wring, rinse, scrub, sweep
b) wring, rinse, scrubb, sweap
c) wring, rinse, scrob, swep
d) wring, rinze, scrub, sweap
Show answer
a) wring, rinse, scrub, sweep. Rinse ends in -se, scrub has a single b and sweep has a double e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After you wring a wet towel well, it feels ___.
a) heavier than before
b) soaking wet again
c) warm and freshly ironed
d) damp but not dripping
Show answer
d) damp but not dripping
2. Which of these would you wring?
a) a steel plate
b) a cricket ball
c) a soaked dupatta
d) a school shoe
Show answer
c) a soaked dupatta
