Definition of twist

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Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..

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Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Writhen :: Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.
Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton..
Twisting :: Twisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twis.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..
Flounce :: Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure..
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..
Gnarled :: Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
Slue :: Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round..
Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Intertwistingly :: Intertwistingly (adv.) By intertwisting, or being intertwisted..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Cue :: Cue (v. t.) To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
Floss :: Floss (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering..
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
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..
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