Definition of twist

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Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

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Twist :: Twist (n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist..
Rove :: Rove (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..
Tortuose :: Tortuose (a.) Wreathed; twisted; winding.
Candle :: Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist..
Raddle :: Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.
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..
Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball..
Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..
Rawhide :: Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted..
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..
Wring :: Wring (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping..
Torqued :: Torqued (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S..
Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
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