Definition of twist

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Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..

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Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..
Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..
Untwine :: Untwine (v. t.) To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..
Speeder :: Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.
Writhe :: Writhe (v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively..
Gnarl :: Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree..
Tortility :: Tortility (n.) The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed..
Guilloche :: Guilloche (n.) An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments..
Squirr :: Squirm (v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
Twister :: Twister (n.) A girder.
Untwirl :: Untwirl (v. t.) To untwist; to undo.
Atwirl :: Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..
Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
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