Definition of twist

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Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..

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Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..
Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..
Tortile :: Tortile (a.) Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Twisted, or twisted together..
Torqued :: Torqued (a.) Wreathed; twisted.
Meander :: Meander (v. t.) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous..
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Purl :: Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry..
Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..
Slub :: Slub (n.) A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..
Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..
Displat :: Displat (v. t.) To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.
Cordeling :: Cordeling (a.) Twisting.
Convolve :: Convolve (v. t.) To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.
Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..
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