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1. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   - distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture
    
2. The act of rotating rapidly
   "it broke off after much twisting"
   - spin, twirl, twist, whirl

1. Marked by repeated turns and bends
   - tortuous, twisty, winding, voluminous

1. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
   - writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm
    
2. Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
   "twist the dough into a braid"
   - flex, bend, deform, turn
    
3. Turn in the opposite direction
   "twist one's head"
    
4. Form into a spiral shape
   "The cord is all twisted"
   - twine, distort
    
5. Form into twists
   "Twist the strips of dough"
    
6. Extend in curves and turns
   "the path twisted through the forest"
   - wind[2], curve
    
7. Do the twist
    
8. 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
    
9. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
   "Don't twist my words"
   - twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate
    
10. Twist suddenly so as to sprain
    "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"
    - sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

Derived forms: twistings

See also: crooked, twister

Type of: be, change form, change shape, dance, deform, denote, falsification, form, injure, misrepresentation, move, pull, refer, rotary motion, rotation, shape, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, turn, wound

Antonym: untwist

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