絞る

Meaning

1. v5rvt
   to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze
2. v5rvt
   to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk
3. v5rvt
   to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
4. v5rvt
   to extort; to exploit
5. v5rvt
   to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke
6. v5rvt
   to drill into; to train
7. v5rvt
   to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
8. v5rvt
   to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
9. v5rvt
   to stop down (lens)
10. v5rvt
    to turn down (e.g. radio)
11. v5rvt
    to bend (bow); to draw
12. v5rvt
    to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize
13. v5rvt
    to squeeze

Example sentences

• 要点を絞って、決定を下しましょう。

  Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.

• 彼女は数個のオレンジからジュースを絞り取った。

  She squeezed the juice from several oranges.

• 彼女はたくさんのオレンジからジュースを絞り取った。

  She wrung the juice from a lot of oranges.