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twist

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Synonyms: twit, trist, twixt, wist, twilt, twis, twiss, twisp, twitt, tist, uwist

Antonyms: twit, trist, twixt, wist, twilt, twis, twiss, twisp, twitt, tist, uwist

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Noun

  1. A [[twist#Verb|twisting]] [[force#Noun|force]].
  2. Anything [[twisted]], or the act of [[twisting]].
  3. The [[form#Noun|form]] given in twisting.
  4. The [[degree]] of [[stress#Noun|stress]] or [[strain#Noun|strain]] when twisted.
  5. A [[type#Noun|type]] of [[thread#Noun|thread]] [[make#Verb|made]] from [[two]] [[filament]]s twisted together.
  6. A [[sliver#Noun|sliver]] of [[lemon]] [[peel#Noun|peel]] [[add#Verb|added]] to a [[cocktail]], etc.
  7. A sudden [[bend]] (or short series of bends) in a [[road]], [[path]], etc.
  8. A [[distortion]] to the [[meaning#Noun|meaning]] of a [[passage#Noun|passage]] or [[word#Noun|word]].
  9. An [[unexpected]] [[turn#Noun|turn]] in a [[story]], [[tale]], etc.
  10. {{lb|en|preceded by definite article}} A modern [[dance]] popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on [[rotating]] the hips [[repeatedly]] from side to side. See [[Wikipedia:Twist (dance)|Twist (dance)]] on Wikipedia for more details.
  11. A [[rotation]] of the [[body]] when [[diving]].
  12. A [[sprain]], especially to the [[ankle]].

Verb

  1. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
  2. To [[join]] together by [[twining]] one part around another.
  3. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to [[convolve]].
  4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
  5. {{lb|en|reflexive}} To wind into; to insinuate.
  6. To turn a [[knob]] etc.
  7. To [[distort]] or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
  8. To form a '''twist''' (in any of the above noun meanings).
  9. To [[injure]] (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
  10. {{lb|en|intransitive|of a path}} To [[wind]]; to follow a [[bendy]] or [[wavy]] course; to have many [[bend]]s.
  11. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to [[rotate]].
  12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.

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