Definition of twist

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Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton..

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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..
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body..
Unlay :: Unlay (v. t.) To untwist; as, to unlay a rope..
Wring :: Wring (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping..
Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
Twist :: 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..
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..
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..
Twister :: Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback..
Twine :: Twine (v. i.) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
Unspin :: Unspin (v. t.) To untwist, as something spun..
Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning..
Fagend :: Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Twisting :: Twisting () a. & n. from Twist.
Hardspun :: Hardspun (a.) Firmly twisted in spinning.
Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Twisted, or twisted together..
Wound :: Wound () imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing..
Cord :: Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together..
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