| Twist |
n. |
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. |
| Twist |
n. |
A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias;
often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism. |
| 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. |
| Twist |
n. |
The form given in twisting. |
| Twist |
n. |
That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts. |
| Twist |
n. |
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other. |
| Twist |
n. |
A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like. |
| Twist |
n. |
A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties. |
| Twist |
n. |
A roll of twisted dough, baked. |
| Twist |
n. |
A little twisted roll of tobacco. |
| Twist |
n. |
One of the threads of a warp,
usually more tightly twisted than the filling. |
| Twist |
n. |
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist. |
| Twist |
n. |
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon. |
| Twist |
n. |
A beverage made of brandy and gin. |
| Twist |
v. t. |
A twig. |
| Twiste |
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imp. of Twist. |
| Twisted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Twist |
| Twisted |
a. |
Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted. |
| Twister |
n. |
One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. |
| Twister |
n. |
The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. |
| Twister |
n. |
A girder. |
| Twister |
n. |
The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. |
| Twistical |
a. |
Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest. |
| Twisting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Twist |
| Twisting |
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a. & n. from Twist. |
