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Adjective twisting has 2 senses
- squirming, twisting, wiggling, wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing - having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
- tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding - marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
Noun twisting has 2 senses
- distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
--1 is a kind of falsification, misrepresentaation
- spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
--2 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
--2 has particulars: pirouette; birling, logrolling
Verb twist has 9 senses
- 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"
--1 is one way to move
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- 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"
--2 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
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- twist - turn in the opposite direction; "twist a wire"
--3 is one way to turn
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- twist, twine, distort - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
--4 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Antonyms: untwist
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- twist - form into twists; "Twist the bacon around the sausage"
--5 is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:
They twist the wire around the stick
- twist - do the twist
--6 is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue twist
- 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"
--7 is one way to pull
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- twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate - practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
--8 is one way to denote, refer
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- 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"
--9 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentence:
Did he twist his foot?
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