Definition of twist

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Twist (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author..

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Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
English :: English (n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
Unwreathe :: Unwreathe (v. t.) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed..
Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
Tortile :: Tortile (a.) Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..
Twist :: Twist (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..
Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..
Gnarly :: Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.
Set :: Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Twisted :: Twisted (imp. & p. p.) of Twis.
Spire :: Spire (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
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