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twist

(tw/I/st )

noun (n)

an unforeseen development(noun.event)

Synonym:
turn, turn of events

source: wordnet30
an interpretation of a text or action(noun.communication)

Synonym:
construction

source: wordnet30
any clever maneuver(noun.act)

Synonym:
device, gimmick

source: wordnet30
the act of rotating rapidly(noun.act)

Example:
It broke off after much twisting.

Synonym:
spin, twirl, twisting, whirl

source: wordnet30
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments(noun.state)

Synonym:
pull, wrench

source: wordnet30
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight(noun.shape)

Synonym:
kink, twirl

source: wordnet30
a circular segment of a curve(noun.shape)

Synonym:
bend, crook, turn

source: wordnet30
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself(noun.event)

Synonym:
eddy

source: wordnet30
a jerky pulling movement(noun.event)

Synonym:
wrench

source: wordnet30
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair(noun.body)

Synonym:
braid, plait, tress

source: wordnet30
social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s(noun.act)

Example:
They liked to dance the twist.

source: wordnet30
the act of winding or twisting(noun.act)

Synonym:
wind, winding

source: wordnet30
turning or twisting around (in place)(noun.act)

Example:
With a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room.

Synonym:
turn

source: wordnet30
The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.(noun)

source: webster1913
Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)(verb.motion)

Synonym:
squirm, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe

source: wordnet30
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form(verb.contact)

Example:
Twist the dough into a braid.

Synonym:
bend, deform, flex, turn
Antonym:
unbend

source: wordnet30
turn in the opposite direction(verb.contact)

Example:
Twist one's head.

source: wordnet30
form into a spiral shape(verb.contact)

Example:
The cord is all twisted.

Synonym:
distort, twine
Antonym:
untwist

source: wordnet30
form into twists(verb.change)

Example:
Twist the strips of dough.

source: wordnet30
extend in curves and turns(verb.stative)

Example:
The path twisted through the forest.

Synonym:
curve, wind

source: wordnet30
do the twist(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive(verb.communication)

Example:
Don't twist my words.

Synonym:
convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist around

source: wordnet30
twist suddenly so as to sprain(verb.body)

Example:
The wrestler twisted his shoulder.

Synonym:
rick, sprain, turn, wrench, wrick

source: wordnet30
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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