1. (

• writhe ,
• wrestle ,
• wriggle ,
• worm ,
• squirm ,
• twist ,

) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" ;

2. (

• flex ,
• bend ,
• deform ,
• twist ,
• turn ,

) cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" ;

3. (

• twist

) turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head" ;

4. (

• twist ,
• twine ,
• distort ,

) form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" ;

5. (

• twist

) form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough" ;

6. (

• wind ,
• twist ,
• curve

) extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" ;

7. (

• twist ,

) do the twist ;

8. (

• wrench ,
• twist ,

) twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" ;

9. (

• twist ,
• twist_around ,
• pervert ,
• convolute ,
• sophisticate

) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" ;

10. (

• twist ,
• sprain ,
• wrench ,
• turn ,
• wrick ,
• rick

) twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" ;

1. (

• distorted ,
• misrepresented ,
• perverted ,
• twisted

) having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" ;