Twist: alternatives and connections

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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A cap.

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A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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See Creese.

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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Running or moving rapidly.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…

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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gone.

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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

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The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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To carry or send back.

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The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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of Run

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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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of Wind

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A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

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The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor n…

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Alt. of Mnemonical

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The tail of a pig.

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A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

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A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

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To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without lux…

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An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

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To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

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To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

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Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

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To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.

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A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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A stroke; a blow.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

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To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

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To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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To growl; to snarl.

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Curved; bent; crooked.

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To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

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To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

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That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

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Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

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To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

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To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

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To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

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A twist; a convolution.

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See Waive.

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To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

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Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

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Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

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The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

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A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

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One who, or that which, spans.

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One who, or that which, spans.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

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A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Distorted; misshapen.

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A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

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To turnanother way; to divert.

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A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

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To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without lux…

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To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

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A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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A twist; a convolution.

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

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To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

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To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.

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