[twist] 
,| 1. | to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine. |
| 2. | to form by or as if by winding strands together: Several fibers were used to twist the rope. |
| 3. | to entwine (one thing) with another; interlace (something) with something else; interweave; plait. |
| 4. | to wind or coil (something) about something else; encircle; entwine; wreathe. |
| 5. | to alter in shape, as by turning the ends in opposite directions, so that parts previously in the same straight line and plane are located in a spiral curve: The sculptor twisted the form into an arabesque. He twisted his body around to look behind him. |
| 6. | to turn sharply or wrench out of place; sprain: He twisted his ankle. |
| 7. | to pull, tear, or break off by turning forcibly: He twisted the arm off the puppet. |
| 8. | to distort (the features) by tensing or contracting the facial muscles; contort: She twisted her face in a wry smile. |
| 9. | to distort the meaning or form of; pervert: He twisted my comment about to suit his own purpose. |
| 10. | to cause to become mentally or emotionally distorted; warp: The loss of his business twisted his whole outlook on life. |
| 11. | to form into a coil, knot, or the like by winding, rolling, etc.: to twist the hair into a knot. |
| 12. | to bend tortuously. |
| 13. | to cause to move with a rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve. |
| 14. | to turn (something) from one direction to another, as by rotating or revolving: I twisted my chair to face the window. |
| 15. | to combine or associate intimately. |
| 16. | to be or become intertwined. |
| 17. | to wind or twine about something. |
| 18. | to writhe or squirm. |
| 19. | to take a spiral form or course; wind, curve, or bend. |
| 20. | to turn or rotate, as on an axis; revolve, as about something; spin. |
| 21. | to turn so as to face in another direction. |
| 22. | to turn, coil, or bend into a spiral shape. |
| 23. | to change shape under forcible turning or twisting. |
| 24. | to move with a progressive rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve. |
| 25. | to dance the twist. |
| 26. | a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn. |
| 27. | the action of turning or rotating on an axis; rotary motion; spin. |
| 28. | anything formed by or as if by twisting or twining parts together. |
| 29. | the act or process of twining strands together, as in thread, yarn, or rope. |
| 30. | a twisting awry or askew. |
| 31. | distortion or perversion, as of meaning or form. |
| 32. | a peculiar attitude or bias; eccentric turn or bent of mind; eccentricity. |
| 33. | spiral disposition, arrangement, or form. |
| 34. | spiral movement or course. |
| 35. | an irregular bend; crook; kink. |
| 36. | a sudden, unanticipated change of course, as of events. |
| 37. | a treatment, method, idea, version, etc., esp. one differing from that which preceded: The screenwriters gave the old plot a new twist. |
| 38. | the changing of the shape of anything by or as by turning the ends in opposite directions. |
| 39. | the stress causing this alteration; torque. |
| 40. | the resulting state. |
| 41. | a twisting or torsional action, force, or stress; torsion. |
| 42. | a strong, twisted silk thread, heavier than ordinary sewing silk, for working buttonholes and for other purposes. |
| 43. | the direction of twisting in weaving yarn; S twist or Z twist. |
| 44. | a loaf or roll of dough twisted and baked. |
| 45. | a strip of citrus peel that has been twisted and placed in a drink to add flavor. |
| 46. | a kind of tobacco manufactured in the form of a rope or thick cord. |
| 47. | a dance performed by couples and characterized by strongly rhythmic turns and twists of the arms, legs, and torso. |
| 48. | the degree of spiral formed by the grooves in a rifled firearm or cannon. |
| 49. | Gymnastics, Diving. a full rotation of the body about the vertical axis. |
| 50. | a wrench. |
| 51. | twist one's arm, Informal. to coerce: I didn't want to go, but he twisted my arm. |
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