What is the meaning of twisted?

verb

  • To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling. )
    • usage: "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
  • Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
    • usage: "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
  • Turn in the opposite direction.
    • usage: "twist one's head"
  • Form into a spiral shape.
    • usage: "The cord is all twisted"
  • Form into twists.
    • usage: "Twist the strips of dough"
  • Extend in curves and turns.
    • usage: "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
  • Do the 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.
    • usage: "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"
  • Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
    • usage: "Don't twist my words"
  • Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
    • usage: "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"

adjective

  • Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented.
    • usage: "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
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