1. Verb
To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
2. Verb
To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
3. Verb
To extort; to wring; to wrest.
4. Verb
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.
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