Definition of distort

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Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..

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Grimace :: Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face..
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
Wryness :: Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted..
Distorting :: Distorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distor.
Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
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..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Leprosy :: Leprosy (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is
Anamorphism :: Anamorphism (n.) A distorted image.
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) A wresting from the true meaning.
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..
Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..
Clubhand :: Clubhand (n.) A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..
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..
Green-eyed :: Green-eyed (a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts.
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