twist
/twɪst/
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force; To join together by twining one part around another; To contort; to writhe
- he/she/it
- twists
- past participle
- twisted
Meanings
- 1
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force
His face was twisted with pain.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Don't twist my words around!
Tatoeba · Adelpa · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To join together by twining one part around another
- 3
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve
- 4
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts
- 5
To wind into; to insinuaterare
- 6
To turn a knob etcrare
- 7
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeatingrare
- 8
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings)rare
- 9
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong directionrare
- 10
To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bendsrare