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Meaning Of Twist
v. t.
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally;
to convolve.
v. t.
Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
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.
v. t.
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by
intertexture of parts.
v. t.
To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
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.
v. t.
Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;
to wreathe; to make up.
v. t.
To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
twist wool or cotton.
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.
v. i.
To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form
of a helix.
n.
The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution;
a bending.
n.
The form given in twisting.
n.
That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting
parts.
n.
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding
strands or separate things round each other.
n.
A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by
tailors, saddlers, and the like.
n.
A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
n.
A roll of twisted dough, baked.
n.
A little twisted roll of tobacco.
n.
One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly
twisted than the filling.
n.
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel
twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
n.
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a
cannon.