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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Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..
Torque :: Torque (n.) A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons..
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..
Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..
Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..
Slue :: Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round..
Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.
Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..
Fleak :: Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.
Cable :: Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding..
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..
Unwreathe :: Unwreathe (v. t.) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed..
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting..
Cordelle :: Cordelle (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel.
Wring :: Wring (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish..
Entwist :: Entwist (v. t.) To twist or wreathe round; to intwine.
Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist..
Torqued :: Torqued (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S..
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..
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