elevator vs wrench

elevator

noun
  • A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller. 

  • A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone. 

  • A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building. 

  • Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye. 

  • A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine. 

  • Anything that raises or uplifts. 

  • A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator). 

wrench

noun
  • An adjustable spanner used by plumbers. 

  • In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. 

  • A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. 

  • An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. 

  • A distorting change from the original meaning. 

  • In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging. 

  • A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. 

  • A violent emotional change caused by separation. 

verb
  • To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed. 

  • To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. 

  • To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench. 

  • To pull or twist violently. 

  • To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. 

  • To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent. 

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