Definition of distort

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Distort (v. t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body..

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Distorter :: Distorter (n.) One who, or that which, distorts..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
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..
Atwirl :: Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring..
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert..
Green-eyed :: Green-eyed (a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts.
Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Writhen :: Writhen (a.) Having a twisted distorted from.
Polt-footed :: Polt-footed (a.) Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet..
Osteomalacia :: Osteomalacia (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia..
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture..
Wryness :: Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted..
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..
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