TWIST
\twˈɪst], \twˈɪst], \t_w_ˈɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of TWIST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
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form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
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a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
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an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
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do the twist
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a jerky pulling movement
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social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; "they liked to dance the twist"
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form into twists; "Twist the bacon around the sausage"
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turn in the opposite direction; "twist a wire"
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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"
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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".
By Princeton University
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a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
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form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
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a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
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an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
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do the twist
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a jerky pulling movement
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
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To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
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To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
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To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
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To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
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Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
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To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
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To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
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To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
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The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
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The form given in twisting.
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That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
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A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
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A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
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A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
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A roll of twisted dough, baked.
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A little twisted roll of tobacco.
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One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
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A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
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The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
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A beverage made of brandy and gin.
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A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; - often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
By Oddity Software
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Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.
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A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; - often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
By Noah Webster.
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To unite or form by winding two or more strands together; contort; distort; to wreathe; to twine or wind, as hair into a knot; to wrench or turn from a direct line.
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The act or manner of winding strands together, as certain kinds of thread; a wrench or turn, as of a muscle.
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Twister.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Twister.
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To twine: to unite or form by winding together: to form from several threads: to encircle with something: to wreathe: to wind spirally: to turn from the true form or meaning: to insinuate.
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To be united by winding.
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That which is twisted: a cord: a single thread: manner of twisting: a contortion: a small roll of tobacco.
By Daniel Lyons
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