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.

Inputed by Claude

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,

Checked by Chiquita

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

Typed by Chloe

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