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1. (v.t.) distort
to twist out of shape; alter the original or normal appearance of.
2. distort
to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent.
3. distort
to reproduce (an electronic signal) inaccurately.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L distortus, ptp. of distorquēre to distort =dis-dis -1+torquēre to twist)
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| Definition of 'distort' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) falsify, distort, garble, warp
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
2. (verb) twist, twine, distort
form into a spiral shape
"The cord is all twisted"
3. (verb) contort, deform, distort, wring
twist and press out of shape
4. (verb) tinge, color, colour, distort
affect as in thought or feeling
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
5. (verb) deform, distort, strain
alter the shape of (something) by stress
"His body was deformed by leprosy"
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1. (verb) distort
to tell in an inaccurate way
distort the truth/facts
2. distort
to alter the form of sth, or to be altered
The plastic distorts in the heat.; a lens that distorts the image
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) distort
distorted; misshapen
2. (verb) distort
to twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body
3. (verb) distort
to force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally
4. (verb) distort
to wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning
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Sense: to make or become twisted out of shape
Her face was distorted with pain; Metal distorts under stress.
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 Afrikaans: verwronge, verdraaid, mis |
 Arabic: يُشَوِّه |
 Bulgarian: изопачавам |
 Brazilian: deformar |
 Czech: zkřivit, deformovat (se) |
 German: verziehen, verzerren |
 Danish: forvrænge |
 Greek: παραμορφώνω |
 Spanish: retorcer, deformar |
 Estonian: väänama, väänduma |
 Farsi: از ریخت انداختن؛ کج و کول |
 Finnish: vääristyä |
 French: (se) déformer |
 Hebrew: לְעָווֵת |
 Hindi: ऎंठना, सिकोड़ना, रूप बिगा |
 Croatian: iskriviti |
 Hungarian: eltorzít, elgörbül |
 Indonesian: mengerut |
 Icelandic: aflagast |
 Italian: deformare, deformarsi |
 Japanese: ゆがめる |
 Korean: 왜곡하다 |
 Lithuanian: iškreipti, iškraipyti |
 Latvian: izkropļot; deformēt |
 Malay: mengherot-benyotkan |
 Dutch: vervormen |
 Norwegian: fordreie, forvrenge, forv |
 Persian: از ریخت انداختن؛ کج و کول |
 Pashto: ګرزول، اړول، كيږول،پېچل، |
 Portuguese: deformar |
 Romanian: a (se) deforma |
 Russian: искажать(ся) |
 Slovak: deformovať (sa) |
 Slovenian: izkriviti (se) |
 Serbian: iskriviti |
 Swedish: förvränga, förvrida |
 Thai: ทำให้ผิดรูป |
 Turkish: bozmak,çarpıtmak, bükmek |
 Taiwanese: 扭曲，歪曲 |
 Ukrainian: викривляти; перекручувати |
 Urdu: شکل بگڑنا یا بگاڑنا |
 Vietnamese: làm méo mó |
 Chinese: 扭曲，歪曲 |
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