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Meaning of TWIST in English

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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    Meaning of TWIST in English

    • To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
    • Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
    • 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.
    • To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
    • To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
    • 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.
    • Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
    • To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
    • To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
    • To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
    • The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
    • The form given in twisting.
    • That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
    • A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
    • A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
    • A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
    • A roll of twisted dough, baked.
    • A little twisted roll of tobacco.
    • One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
    • A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
    • The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
    • A beverage made of brandy and gin.
    • A twig.

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