Twist+or+be+twisted+out+of+shape
11twist — twist1 S3 [twıst] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move)¦ 2¦(bend)¦ 3¦(wind)¦ 4¦(turn)¦ 5¦(road/river)¦ 6¦(words)¦ 7 twist your ankle/wrist/knee 8 twist and turn 9 twist somebody s arm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; …
12twist — [[t]twɪst[/t]] v. t. 1) to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine 2) to form by or as if by winding strands together 3) to entwine (one thing) with another 4) to wind or coil (something) about something else… …
13twist — verb 1》 form into a bent, curled, or distorted shape. ↘turn or bend round or into a different direction. ↘force or be forced out of the natural position by twisting: he twisted his ankle playing tennis. 2》 rotate around something that… …
14twist — 01. He [twisted] his ankle playing soccer, and couldn t walk for a couple of days. 02. She always [twists] the truth so that I sound really bad, and she sounds good. 03. The river [twists] through the woods, and out over the plain. 04. Vicky… …
15twist*/ — [twɪst] verb I 1) [I/T] to bend or turn into a different shape, or to force something out of its original shape by bending it or turning it The force of the explosion had twisted the metal.[/ex] 2) [T] to turn something in a circle with your… …
16warp — I. v. n. 1. Twist or be twisted out of shape (by drying), spring, bend. 2. Deviate, swerve, turn. 3. Wind along. II. v. a. 1. Twist out of shape (by drying). 2. Pervert, distort, bend, bias, turn aside, cause t …
17Warp — Warp, v. i. 1. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking. [1913 Webster] One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp. Shak …
18warp — warpage, n. /wawrp/, v.t. 1. to bend or twist out of shape, esp. from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring. 2. to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course. 3. to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true… …
19warp — /wɔp / (say wawp) verb (t) 1. to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers, flooring, etc. 2. to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course. 3. to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning,… …
20warp — [wôrp] n. [ME < OE wearp < base of weorpan, to throw, akin to Ger werfen < IE * werb < base * wer , to turn, bend > WORM] 1. a) a distortion, as a twist or bend, in wood or in an object made of wood, caused by contraction in drying …
