Twist(v. t.)
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twist(v. t.)
- Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
Twist(v. t.)
- 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.
Twist(v. t.)
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
Twist(v. t.)
- To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
Twist(v. t.)
- 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.
Twist(v. t.)
- Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
Twist(v. t.)
- To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
Twist(v. i.)
- 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.
Twist(v. i.)
- To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
Twist(n.)
- The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.