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Definition of 'twist'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) twist
to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.

2.  twist
to form by or as if by winding strands together.

3.  twist
to entwine (one thing) with another.

4.  twist
to wind or coil (something) about something else.

5.  twist
to alter in shape, as by turning the ends in opposite directions.

6.  twist
to turn sharply or wrench out of place; sprain:
twisted his ankle.

7.  twist
to pull, tear, or break off by turning forcibly.

8.  twist
to contort:
twisting her face in a wry smile.

9.  twist
to distort the meaning or form of; pervert:
He accused us of twisting his comments.

10.  twist
to cause to become mentally or emotionally distorted; warp.

11.  twist
to form into a coil or knot by winding, rolling, etc.

12.  twist
to bend tortuously.

13.  twist
to cause to move with a rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.

14.  twist
to turn (something) from one direction to another, as by rotating.

15. (v.i.) twist
to be or become intertwined.

16.  twist
to wind or twine about something.

17.  twist
to writhe or squirm.

18.  twist
to take a spiral form or course.

19.  twist
to turn so as to face in another direction.

20.  twist
to turn, coil, or bend into a spiral shape.

21.  twist
to change shape under forcible turning or twisting.

22.  twist
to move with a progressive rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.

23. (n.) twist
a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.

24.  twist
a rotary motion or spin.

25.  twist
anything formed by or as if by twisting.

26.  twist
the act or process of twining strands together.

27.  twist
a twisting awry or askew.

28.  twist
distortion or perversion, as of meaning or form.

29.  twist
an eccentric turn or bent of mind.

30.  twist
spiral arrangement or form.

31.  twist
spiral movement or course.

32.  twist
an irregular bend; crook; kink.

33.  twist
a sudden, unanticipated change of course, as of events.

34.  twist
a novel treatment, method, etc.

35.  twist
the changing of the shape of anything by or as if by turning the ends in opposite directions.

36.  twist
the stress causing this alteration; torque.

37.  twist
a twisting or torsional action, force, or stress; torsion.

38.  twist
a full rotation of the body performed during a dive or vault.

39.  twist
a strong, twisted silk thread used for working buttonholes and for other purposes.

40.  twist
the direction of twisting in weaving yarn.

41.  twist
a loaf or roll of dough twisted and baked.

42.  twist
a strip of citrus peel used to flavor a drink.

43.  twist
a dance characterized by strongly rhythmic turns and twists of body.

44.  twist
twist someone's arm, to use force or coercion on someone.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME: to divide, der. of twist divided object, rope (cf. OE -twist in candel-twist pair of snuffers); akin to twi -)

Definition of 'twist'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) turn, turn of events, twist
an unforeseen development
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"

2. (noun) construction, twist
an interpretation of a text or action
"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

3. (noun) device, gimmick, twist
any clever maneuver
"he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"

4. (noun) spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

5. (noun) wrench, twist, pull
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
"the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

6. (noun) kink, twist, twirl
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

7. (noun) bend, crook, twist, turn
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

8. (noun) eddy, twist
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

9. (noun) twist, wrench
a jerky pulling movement

10. (noun) braid, plait, tress, twist
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

11. (noun) twist
social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
"they liked to dance the twist"

12. (noun) wind, winding, twist
the act of winding or twisting
"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

13. (verb) twist, turn
turning or twisting around (in place)
"with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"

14. (verb) writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

15. (verb) flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
"bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

16. (verb) twist
turn in the opposite direction
"twist one's head"

17. (verb) twist, twine, distort
form into a spiral shape
"The cord is all twisted"

18. (verb) twist
form into twists
"Twist the strips of dough"

19. (verb) wind, twist, curve
extend in curves and turns
"The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

20. (verb) twist
do the twist

21. (verb) wrench, twist
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
"wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

22. (verb) twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
"Don't twist my words"

23. (verb) twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
twist suddenly so as to sprain
"wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

Definition of 'twist'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) twist
to bend into a different shape
She twisted her hair nervously.; The tower had twisted in the strong winds.

2.  twist
to turn part of your body around
She twisted in her seat to look behind her.; The owl can twist his head 180 degrees.

3.  twist
to injure a part of your body by twisting it
I twisted my ankle when I fell.

4.  twist
to turn sth around a central point
Twist the knob to the left.

5.  twist
to change information so that it gives you an advantage
They accused him of twisting the facts.

6.  twist
(of a road or river) with many curves
a river twisting through the mountains

7. (noun) twist
an act of twisting sth
a twist of his wrist

8.  twist
an unexpected change in a situation, story, etc.
a good twist in the plot

9.  twist
a twist of fate
sth important and unexpected that happens to sb

10.  twist
a piece of sth that has been twisted
She lit a twist of paper under the logs.

11.  twist
twists and turns
curves in a road or river
the twists and turns of the country roads

Definition of 'twist'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) twist
the act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending

2. (noun) twist
the form given in twisting

3. (noun) twist
that which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts

4. (noun) twist
a cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other

5. (noun) twist
a kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like

6. (noun) twist
a kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties

7. (noun) twist
a roll of twisted dough, baked

8. (noun) twist
a little twisted roll of tobacco

9. (noun) twist
one of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling

10. (noun) twist
a material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist

11. (noun) twist
the spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon

12. (noun) twist
a beverage made of brandy and gin

13. (verb) twist
to contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve

14. (verb) twist
hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author

15. (verb) twist
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

16. (verb) twist
to wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts

17. (verb) twist
to wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns

18. (verb) twist
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

19. (verb) twist
hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up

20. (verb) twist
to form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton

21. (verb) twist
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

22. (verb) twist
to follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix

23. (verb) twist
a twig

Translation of 'twist'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to turn round (and round) He twisted the knob; The road twisted through the mountains.
Afrikaans: draai	Arabic: يُدير، يَبْرُم	Bulgarian: вия
Brazilian: enroscar(-se)	Czech: kroutit (se)	German: drehen, sich winden
Danish: dreje; vride; sno	Greek: στρίβω, στριφογυρίζω	Spanish: torcer; dar vueltas; (car
Estonian: keerutama	Farsi: پیچیدن	Finnish: kääntää
French: tourner, (s')enrouler, (s	Hebrew: לְהִתפַּתֵל	Hindi: मुड़ना
Croatian: okrenuti, zaokretati	Hungarian: csavar, teker; kanyarog	Indonesian: memutar
Icelandic: snúa(st); vinda(st); bugð	Italian: attorcigliarsi; serpeggia	Japanese: ひねる
Korean: 돌리다	Lithuanian: sukti(s), vingiuoti	Latvian: griezt; grozīt; vīties; l
Malay: memutar	Dutch: ronddraaien, kronkelen	Norwegian: sno/bukte/slynge seg, vri
Polish: przekręcić, wić się	Persian: پیچیدن	Pashto: تاوول
Portuguese: enroscar(-se)	Romanian: a (se)învârti; a şerpui	Russian: крутить; петлять
Slovak: krútiť (sa)	Slovenian: obračati (se)	Serbian: saviti
Swedish: vrida, slingra (ringla) s	Thai: บิดเป็นเกลียว	Turkish: bükmek, kıvırmak
Taiwanese: 轉動，盤繞	Ukrainian: крутити; витися	Urdu: موڑنا
Vietnamese: xoay, vặn	Chinese: 转动，盘绕
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