English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (164149)  - auto

Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
Source : opted (164150)  - auto

To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
Source : opted (164151)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (164152)  - auto

To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
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