--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 33 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 33 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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anger.[↗](../../wretch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wretch can also be a poor, unhappy person who is to be pitied.[↗](../../wretch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Wretch\![↗](../../wretch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") You have killed my wife!"[↗](../../wretch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ah, wretch of a human being!"[↗](../../wretch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor wretch had no food or shelter.[↗](../../wretch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing for maths.[↗](../../wretch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **wretched** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very unhappy, ill or miserable: «I felt wretched with flu.».[↗](../../wretched/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very poor or bad in quality: «They lived in wretched huts.».[↗](../../wretched/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, annoyed) Used to show you are cross with something: «This wretched computer won't work!».[↗](../../wretched/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Wretched can also describe a person who is wicked and deserves scorn.[↗](../../wretched/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Toad felt wretched in his cold cell.[↗](../../wretched/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wretched dog has eaten my homework\![↗](../../wretched/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The refugees lived in wretched tents.[↗](../../wretched/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt wretched after staying up so late.[↗](../../wretched/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.»[↗](../../wretched/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole felt wretched when he lost his way in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../wretched/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wretchedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wretchedly means in a very unhappy, miserable way.[↗](../../wretchedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wretchedly means very badly or poorly.[↗](../../wretchedly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He lived wretchedly in a cold attic.[↗](../../wretchedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy was wretchedly made and broke at once.[↗](../../wretchedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The thorns held them fast, and they died wretchedly.[↗](../../wretchedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing for maths.[↗](../../wretchedly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **wretchedness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness.[↗](../../wretchedness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She felt the wretchedness of being lost.[↗](../../wretchedness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He lived in wretchedness for years.[↗](../../wretchedness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wretchedness of the poor family made everyone sad.[↗](../../wretchedness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing for maths.[↗](../../wretchedness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.'[↗](../../wretchedness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wretchedness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **wriggle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wriggle means to twist and turn your body quickly from side to side.[↗](../../wriggle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the worm wriggled in my hand".[↗](../../wriggle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To wriggle into or out of something means to get into or out of it by twisting.[↗](../../wriggle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "he wriggled into his wetsuit".[↗](../../wriggle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To wriggle out of something means to avoid doing it by being clever or making excuses.[↗](../../wriggle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A wriggle is a twisting movement.[↗](../../wriggle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The worm wriggled across the path.[↗](../../wriggle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop wriggling and sit still\![↗](../../wriggle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy wriggled out of my arms.[↗](../../wriggle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wriggled into her tight jeans.[↗](../../wriggle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to wriggle out of doing the dishes.[↗](../../wriggle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tadpoles wriggled in the pond.[↗](../../wriggle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rope was loose, so the prisoner wriggled free.[↗](../../wriggle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wriggling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wriggling means twisting and turning your body with quick small movements.[↗](../../wriggling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wriggling (out of something) means trying to avoid doing something or to escape from a difficult situation.[↗](../../wriggling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wriggling worm came up after the rain.[↗](../../wriggling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop wriggling and sit still\![↗](../../wriggling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy kept wriggling out of my arms.[↗](../../wriggling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish was wriggling on the line.[↗](../../wriggling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was wriggling out of doing the washing-up.[↗](../../wriggling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was wriggling in her pram.[↗](../../wriggling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The caterpillar was wriggling along the leaf.[↗](../../wriggling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She was wriggling her body in distress.[↗](../../wriggling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wriggly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wriggly describes something that twists and turns its body a lot, like a worm or a fish.[↗](../../wriggly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wriggly also describes a person, especially a child, who cannot keep still.[↗](../../wriggly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A wriggly line is wavy, with lots of little bends.[↗](../../wriggly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found three wriggly worms under the stone.[↗](../../wriggly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wriggly baby wouldn't stay still for the photo.[↗](../../wriggly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish was so wriggly I couldn't hold it.[↗](../../wriggly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a wriggly line under the spelling mistake.[↗](../../wriggly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tadpoles are tiny wriggly creatures.[↗](../../wriggly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class was wriggly after lunch.[↗](../../wriggly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wright** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wright is an old word for a person who makes or builds things, used now mostly at the end of words: playwright, shipwright, wheelwright.[↗](../../wright/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wright is a common family name; the Wright brothers flew the first powered aeroplane.[↗](../../wright/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Shakespeare was a famous playwright.[↗](../../wright/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheelwright made a new wheel for the cart.[↗](../../wright/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A shipwright builds and repairs ships.[↗](../../wright/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Wright brothers built the first powered aeroplane.[↗](../../wright/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs Wright is our new teacher.[↗](../../wright/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The playwright watched her play from the back row.[↗](../../wright/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To wring something is to twist and squeeze it hard to get water out of it, as with a wet cloth.[↗](../../wring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To wring your hands is to rub and twist them together because you are worried.[↗](../../wring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To wring a bird's neck means to twist it to kill it.[↗](../../wring/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wring out the cloth before you wipe the table.[↗](../../wring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wrung her swimsuit over the sink.[↗](../../wring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was wringing his hands while he waited for the news.[↗](../../wring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our clothes were wringing wet after the storm.[↗](../../wring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Twist the towel hard to wring the water out.[↗](../../wring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective finally wrung the truth out of him.[↗](../../wring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Weeping and wringing her hands, the girl went down to her mother.[↗](../../wring/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.[↗](../../wring/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wring/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wrinkle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wrinkle is a small line or fold in skin, cloth or paper.[↗](../../wrinkle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To wrinkle is to make or get such lines, as when you wrinkle your nose or a shirt gets creased.[↗](../../wrinkle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, a wrinkle is a small problem or a clever new idea.[↗](../../wrinkle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma has wrinkles around her eyes when she smiles.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My fingers wrinkle after a long bath.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrinkled his nose at the smell of the bin.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron the shirt to get rid of the wrinkles.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old map was full of wrinkles and folds.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We still need to iron out a few wrinkles in our plan.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But every hundred years there came a wrinkle on my face.[↗](../../wrinkle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wrinkly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having many wrinkles or creases: wrinkly skin, a wrinkly shirt.[↗](../../wrinkly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, slang, rude) An old person; it can hurt feelings.[↗](../../wrinkly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the wrinklies".[↗](../../wrinkly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My fingers go wrinkly in the bath.[↗](../../wrinkly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has a wrinkly, smiley face.[↗](../../wrinkly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your shirt is all wrinkly; hang it up.[↗](../../wrinkly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Raisins are just wrinkly grapes.[↗](../../wrinkly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The elephant has thick, wrinkly skin.[↗](../../wrinkly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Let the wrinklies have the comfy chairs," joked Uncle Pete, and Nan laughed but rolled her eyes.[↗](../../wrinkly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wrist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your wrist is the joint between your hand and your arm.[↗](../../wrist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wrist is also the part of a sleeve that covers this joint.[↗](../../wrist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I wear my watch on my left wrist.[↗](../../wrist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She fell and sprained her wrist.[↗](../../wrist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You can feel your pulse on your wrist.[↗](../../wrist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear wrist guards when you roller skate.[↗](../../wrist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a bracelet around his wrist.[↗](../../wrist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bend and stretch your wrists before typing.[↗](../../wrist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His pet hawk had left his wrist and flown away.[↗](../../wrist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wristband** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wristband is a band of cloth, plastic, rubber or paper worn around the wrist, for example to soak up sweat, show you have paid for entry, show support for a cause, or carry information.[↗](../../wristband/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wristband is also the strap of a watch or a smart device.[↗](../../wristband/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At the festival we wore wristbands with Mum's phone number on them.[↗](../../wristband/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse put a hospital wristband on my arm.[↗](../../wristband/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend wears a medical wristband because she is allergic to nuts.[↗](../../wristband/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Show your wristband to get into the water park.[↗](../../wristband/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tennis player wiped his face with his wristband.[↗](../../wristband/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought charity wristbands to raise money.[↗](../../wristband/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fitness wristband counts her steps.[↗](../../wristband/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't take off your wristband until we leave the park.[↗](../../wristband/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **wristwatch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small clock you wear on a strap or band around your wrist.[↗](../../wristwatch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa gave me his old wristwatch.[↗](../../wristwatch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your wristwatch to see if it's playtime.[↗](../../wristwatch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My wristwatch has hands and numbers.[↗](../../wristwatch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A digital wristwatch shows the time as numbers.[↗](../../wristwatch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wears her wristwatch on her left wrist.[↗](../../wristwatch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers used wristwatches in the First World War.[↗](../../wristwatch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **writ** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A writ is a formal written order from a court of law.[↗](../../writ/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use, in tales and rhymes) Writ means written, the old past form of write.[↗](../../writ/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The court sent a writ to the farmer.[↗](../../writ/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "When they're writ upon your back," the rhyme says, meaning written there.[↗](../../writ/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The words were writ large on the wall.[↗](../../writ/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing for maths.[↗](../../writ/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.[↗](../../writ/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.37.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../writ/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **write** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.[↗](../../write/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To write a story, letter or song is to make it up and put it into words.[↗](../../write/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To write to someone is to send them a letter or message.[↗](../../write/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Write down» means write so you will remember.[↗](../../write/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She writes 2 pages a day.[↗](../../write/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrote 5 letters.[↗](../../write/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the number in words.[↗](../../write/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pages will she write in a week?[↗](../../write/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Roald Dahl wrote many books for children.[↗](../../write/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your name at the top of the page.[↗](../../write/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I wrote to my pen pal in New Zealand.[↗](../../write/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Write down the homework so you don't forget.[↗](../../write/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrote his little story on his hand-ker-chief.[↗](../../write/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.[↗](../../write/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../write/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.[↗](../../write/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.5.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../write/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.[↗](../../write/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../write/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.[↗](../../write/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../write/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity; (Prophets ISA.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../write/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.[↗](../../write/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../write/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **writer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A writer is a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or scripts, especially as a job.[↗](../../writer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A writer is anyone who has written a particular thing, or someone who writes in a certain way.[↗](../../writer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My favourite writer makes me laugh.[↗](../../writer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer used lots of describing words.[↗](../../writer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a writer when she grows up.[↗](../../writer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the writer of this poem?[↗](../../writer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class are young writers this term.[↗](../../writer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer wanted us to feel sorry for the dog.[↗](../../writer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a neat writer, so his handwriting is easy to read.[↗](../../writer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Both these writers are inclined to trace the chief incidents to India.[↗](../../writer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In essence the work was, doubtless, the crystallization of centuries of tradition by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it.[↗](../../writer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../writer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\][↗](../../writer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") Like what did He make them?[↗](../../writer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (A city) \[strife\].[↗](../../writer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../writer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · There have been also some writers (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../writer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity; (Prophets ISA.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../writer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.[↗](../../writer/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.45.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../writer/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side.[↗](../../writer/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../writer/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **writest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «writest» means «you write», a form of «write».[↗](../../writest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.[↗](../../writest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What writest thou on yonder smooth parchment, sealing it with thy seal, and intrusting it to the horsemen and servants, who ride away, far away, to the city of the Pope?[↗](../../writest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **writeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «writeth» means «writes», a form of «write».[↗](../../writeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.[↗](../../writeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;[↗](../../writeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917) **writhe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain.[↗](../../writhe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To writhe can mean to wriggle hard to get free of a hold.[↗](../../writhe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The worm writhed on the hook.[↗](../../writhe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He writhed in pain on the floor.[↗](../../writhe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake writhed on the dry stones.[↗](../../writhe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing for maths.[↗](../../writhe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.[↗](../../writhe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.55.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../writhe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **writhed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Writhed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle.[↗](../../writhed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Writhed can mean wriggled hard to get free.[↗](../../writhed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The caterpillar writhed free of its shell.[↗](../../writhed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon writhed on the pebbles.[↗](../../writhed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She writhed in her chair with embarrassment.[↗](../../writhed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing for maths.[↗](../../writhed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **writhing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Twisting and turning the body, usually because of pain, or wriggling like a snake or worm.[↗](../../writhing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feeling very embarrassed or upset: «writhing with embarrassment».[↗](../../writhing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Writhing can also describe something, such as smoke, that twists and curls through the air.[↗](../../writhing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The worm was writhing on the path.[↗](../../writhing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mock Turtle learned Reeling and Writhing at school.[↗](../../writhing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He lay writhing in pain after the fall.[↗](../../writhing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake writhed as it slid across the sand.[↗](../../writhing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was writhing with embarrassment.[↗](../../writhing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Call 999 (or 911, 112, 000, 111 in NZ) if someone is writhing in pain and badly hurt.[↗](../../writhing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They saw a blue smoke rising, writhing upward till it vanished in the blue ether.[↗](../../writhing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/32/) **33** [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/32/) - next →: [page 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)