Twist
[twɪst]
Definition
(noun.) turning or twisting around (in place); 'with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room'.
(noun.) social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; 'they liked to dance the twist'.
(noun.) a jerky pulling movement.
(verb.) twist suddenly so as to sprain; 'wrench one's ankle'; 'The wrestler twisted his shoulder'; 'the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell'; 'I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days'.
(verb.) form into twists; 'Twist the strips of dough'.
(verb.) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; 'Don't twist my words'.
(verb.) turn in the opposite direction; 'twist one's head'.
(verb.) form into a spiral shape; 'The cord is all twisted'.
(verb.) do the twist.
Typist: Wolfgang--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
(v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
(v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
(v. t.) To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
(v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
(v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
(v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
(v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
(v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
(v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
(n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
(n.) The form given in twisting.
(n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
(n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
(n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
(n.) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
(n.) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
(n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
(n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
(n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
(n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
(n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
(v. t.) A twig.
Checker: Rudolph
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Twine, twist together.[2]. Writhe, contort, complicate, convolve.[3]. Wind, wreathe, encircle.
n. Convolution, writhing, contortion, winding, flexure, kink, bending bight, coil.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contort, convolve, complicate, pervert, distort, wrest, wreath, wind, encircle,form, weave, insinuate, unite, interpenetrate
ANT:Straighten, untwist, rectify, verify, represent, reflect, render, preserve,express, substantiate, unwreath, unwind, detach, disengage, separate, disunite,disentangle, disincorporation, unravel,
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Definition
v.t. to twine: to unite or form by winding together: to form from several threads: to encircle with something: to wreathe: to wind spirally: to turn from the true form or meaning: to fabricate compose: to cause to move spirally to bend: to wrest wrench: to insinuate.—v.i. to be united by winding: to be bent to move spirally: to revolve: to writhe.—n. that which is twisted: a cord: a single thread: manner of twisting: a contortion: a small roll of tobacco: a strong silk thread: (obs.) coarse cloth: a wrench strain: a peculiar bent perversion: (slang) a mixed drink also an appetite for food.—adjs. Twist′able; Twist′ed.—n. Twīst′er one who or that which twists: a whirling wind a tornado: the inner part of the thigh of a rider on horseback: a ball as in cricket billiards &c. sent with a twist.—v.t. Twist′le (Scot.) to twist.—n. a wrench.—Twist of the wrist the turning movement of the wrist in any work requiring dexterity any quick action.
Checker: McDonald
Examples
- A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He has a twist of the gout now and then and walks a little stiffly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was this that gave his yarn the name of water-twist. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The history of the last half century is not to be understood without an understanding of the mental twist which this story exemplifies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I twisted round on the sand and looked behind me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- All the bridges over these had been destroyed, and the rails taken up and twisted by the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She bustled, she chattered, she turned and twisted, and smiled upon one, and smirked on another, all in full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gerald went past the dark shops and houses, most of them sleeping now, and twisted round to the little blind road that ended on a field of darkness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have had Miss Wade before me all this time, as if it was my own self grown ripe--turning everything the wrong way, and twisting all good into evil. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- One workman is seen cutting a long strand from a hide which he turns round as he cuts, while another man walks backward with this, twisting it as he goes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After some twisting and turning of the key, the heavy lock yielded, and he opened the door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But she sat on in silence, her soul weeping, throbbing violently, her fingers twisting her handkerchief. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the stronger the current through the coil, the stronger will be the force tending to rotate the coil, and hence the less effective will be the hindrance of the twisting string. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This is greatly increased by twisting the fibers together, and is added to by the toughness of the fibers themselves, the whole giving to rope a great resisting power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She writhes and twists about like a snake. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The wire is first passed through a series of rapidly revolving, straightening rolls which take out all twists and kinks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Immediately afterwards, he twists him into a public-house and into a parlour, where he confronts him and claps his own back against the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His study of the problem brought him to the development of the modern substation, although the twists that later evolutions have given the idea have left it scarcely recognizable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Wherever there's a pretty woman he always twists himself in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The former twists several strands into a rope, the latter several ropes into a cable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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