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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Twist \Twist\, n.
     1. The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a
        convolution; a bending.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one
              animal which does not render them more proper for
              that particular animal's way of life than any other
              cast or texture.                      --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The form given in twisting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault
              with the length, the thickness, and the twist.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting
        parts. Specifically: 
        [1913 Webster]
        (a) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by
            winding strands or separate things round each other.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by
            tailors, saddlers, and the like.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
            [1913 Webster]
        (d) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
            [1913 Webster]
        (e) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
            [1913 Webster]
        (f) (Weaving) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually
            more tightly twisted than the filling.
            [1913 Webster]
        (g) (Firearms) A material for gun barrels, consisting of
            iron and steel twisted and welded together; as,
            Damascus twist.
            [1913 Webster]
        (h) (Firearms & Ord.) The spiral course of the rifling of
            a gun barrel or a cannon.
            [1913 Webster]
        (i) A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]
            [1913 Webster]
  
     4. [OE.; -- so called as being a two-forked branch. See
        Twist, v. t.] A twig. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Fairfax.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a
        pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the
        twist of a billiard ball.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     6. A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked
        inclination; a bias; -- often implying a peculiar or
        unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Gain twist, or Gaining twist (Firearms), twist of which
        the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the
        muzzle than at the breech.
  
     Twist drill, a drill the body of which is twisted like that
        of an auger. See Illust. of Drill.
  
     Uniform twist (Firearms), a twist of which the spiral
        course has an equal pitch throughout.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Twist \Twist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Twisting.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two
     (twisted) strands, fr. twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel,
     dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the
     deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See Twice, Two.]
     1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally;
        to convolve.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Twist it into a serpentine form.      --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
        as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture
        of parts. ``Longing to twist bays with that ivy.''
        --Waller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of
              flame.                                --T. Burnet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
        avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. 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. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;
        to wreathe; to make up.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Was it not to this end
              That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
        twist wool or cotton.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Twist \Twist\, v. i.
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of
        a helix.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Twist \Twist\, n.
     1. Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a
        pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the
        twist of a billiard ball.
  
     2. A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked
        inclination; a bias; -- often implying a peculiar or
        unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Twist \Twist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Twisting.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two
     (twisted) strands, fr. twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel,
     dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the
     deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See Twice, Two.]
     1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally;
        to convolve.
  
              Twist it into a serpentine form.      --Pope.
  
     2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
        as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
  
     3. 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.
  
     4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture
        of parts. ``Longing to twist bays with that ivy.''
        --Waller.
  
              There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of
              flame.                                --T. Burnet.
  
     5. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
        avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
  
     6. 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. --Shak.
  
     7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;
        to wreathe; to make up.
  
              Was it not to this end That thou began'st to twist
              so fine a story?                      --Shak.
  
     8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
        twist wool or cotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Twist \Twist\, v. i.
     1. 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.
  
     2. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of
        a helix.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Twist \Twist\, n.
     1. The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a
        convolution; a bending.
  
              Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one
              animal which does not render them more proper for
              that particular animal's way of life than any other
              cast or texture.                      --Addison.
  
     2. The form given in twisting.
  
              [He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault
              with the length, the thickness, and the twist.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
     3. That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting
        parts. Specifically:
        (a) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by
            winding strands or separate things round each other.
        (b) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by
            tailors, saddlers, and the like.
        (c) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
        (d) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
        (e) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
        (f) (Weaving) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually
            more tightly twisted than the filling.
        (g) (Firearms) A material for gun barrels, consisting of
            iron and steel twisted and welded together; as,
            Damascus twist.
        (h) (Firearms & Ord.) The spiral course of the rifling of
            a gun barrel or a cannon.
        (i) A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]
  
     4. [OE.; -- so called as being a two-forked branch. See
        Twist, v. t.] A twig. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Fairfax.
  
     Gain twist, or Gaining twist (Firearms), twist of which
        the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the
        muzzle than at the breech.
  
     Twist drill, a drill the body of which is twisted like that
        of an auger. See Illust. of Drill.
  
     Uniform twist (Firearms), a twist of which the spiral
        course has an equal pitch throughout.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  twist
       n 1: an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward
            turn" [syn: turn, turn of events]
       2: an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an
          unsympathetic construction on his conduct" [syn: construction]
       3: any clever (deceptive) maneuver; "he would stoop to any
          device to win a point" [syn: device, gimmick]
       4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
          broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twisting,
           whirl]
       5: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his
          knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a
          hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, pull]
       6: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is
          pulled tight [syn: kink, twirl]
       7: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the
          current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: eddy]
       8: a jerky pulling movement [syn: wrench]
       9: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid,
           plait, tress]
       10: social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips
           and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s;
           "they liked to dance the twist"
       11: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
           clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding]
       12: turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist
           of his head he surveyed the room" [syn: turn]
       v 1: 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"
            [syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm]
       2: 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" [syn: flex, bend, deform,
           turn] [ant: unbend]
       3: turn in the opposite direction; "twist a wire"
       4: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: twine,
           distort] [ant: untwist]
       5: form into twists; "Twist the bacon around the sausage"
       6: do the twist
       7: 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" [syn: wrench]
       8: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
          in order to mislead or deceive [syn: twist around, pervert,
           convolute, sophisticate]
       9: 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" [syn: sprain, wrench, turn, wrick,
           rick]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (μτβ) στρίβω κάτι σε ένα συγκεκριμένο σχήμα
     2 (μτβ+αμτβ) στρίβω, γυρίζω μέρος του σώματός μου ενώ το υπόλοιπο
  μένει ακίνητο
     3 (μτβ) εξαρθρώνω, τραυματίζω μέρος του σώματός μου, ειδικά τον
  αστράγαλο, τον καρπό ή το γόνατό μου
     4 (μτβ) συστρέφω, στρέφω κάτι γύρω ή μέσα από ένα αντικείμενο
     5 (αμτβ) τυλίγω, κινούμαι ή μεγαλώνω τυλίγοντας γύρω από κάτι
     6 στριφογυρίζω κάτι
     7 διαστρέφω, διαστρεβλώνω, παραποιώ την αλήθεια
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) στρίβω κάτι σε ένα συγκεκριμένο σχήμα
     2 (μτβ+αμτβ) στρίβω, γυρίζω μέρος του σώματός μου ενώ το υπόλοιπο
  μένει ακίνητο
     3 (μτβ) εξαρθρώνω, τραυματίζω μέρος του σώματός μου, ειδικά τον
  αστράγαλο, τον καρπό ή το γόνατό μου
     4 (μτβ) συστρέφω, στρέφω κάτι γύρω ή μέσα από ένα αντικείμενο
     5 (αμτβ) τυλίγω, κινούμαι ή μεγαλώνω τυλίγοντας γύρω από κάτι
     6 στριφογυρίζω κάτι
     7 διαστρέφω, διαστρεβλώνω, παραποιώ την αλήθεια

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     Dutch n.
     1 strife, discord
     2 dispute
     3 twist#English: dance, turn
     Finnish n.
     #English (gloss: dance)
     Middle English n.
     1 The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
     2 A twig or branch.
     3 A groin (gloss: juncture between the chest and thighs)
     Polish n.
     1 (l en twist) (gl: type of dance)
     2 (lb pl music) (l en twist) (gl: music to this dance)
     3 (l en twist) (gl: beverage made of brandy and gin)
     4 jar with a threaded neck and a screw cap allowing airtight sealing
     5 screw cap for this type of jar
     Romanian n.
     (l en twist) (gloss: dance)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Twist
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Saterland Frisian n.
     discord; strife

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     n.
     1 A twist#Verb force#Noun.
     2 Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
     vb.
     1 To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in
  opposite directions, often using force.
     2 To join together by twining one part around another.
     3 To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to
  convolve.
     4 To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of
  parts.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Twist
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     Dutch n.
     1 strife, discord
     2 dispute
     3 twist#English: dance, turn
     Finnish n.
     #English (gloss: dance)
     Middle English n.
     1 The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
     2 A twig or branch.
     3 A groin (gloss: juncture between the chest and thighs)
     Polish n.
     1 (l en twist) (gl: type of dance)
     2 (lb pl music) (l en twist) (gl: music to this dance)
     3 (l en twist) (gl: beverage made of brandy and gin)
     4 jar with a threaded neck and a screw cap allowing airtight sealing
     5 screw cap for this type of jar
     Romanian n.
     (l en twist) (gloss: dance)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Twist
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Saterland Frisian n.
     discord; strife

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     Dutch n.
     1 strife, discord
     2 dispute
     3 twist#English: dance, turn
     Finnish n.
     #English (gloss: dance)
     Middle English n.
     1 The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
     2 A twig or branch.
     3 A groin (gloss: juncture between the chest and thighs)
     Polish n.
     1 (l en twist) (gl: type of dance)
     2 (lb pl music) (l en twist) (gl: music to this dance)
     3 (l en twist) (gl: beverage made of brandy and gin)
     4 jar with a threaded neck and a screw cap allowing airtight sealing
     5 screw cap for this type of jar
     Spanish n.
     (l en twist) (rfclarify: es)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Twist
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Saterland Frisian n.
     discord; strife

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     n.
     1960-luvulla suosioon noussut tanssi

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     n.
     1960-luvulla suosioon noussut tanssi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     n.
     1 en dans som var populär i början av 1960-talet (?: lite fler
  detaljer skulle kunna vara intressant att få)
     2 en hopplek där man har ett gummiband uppspänt mellan två personer,
  eller föremål, så att bandet får en form av en avlång rektangel som är
  cirka en halvmeter bred, och en person ska hoppa på banden i ett
  förutbestämt mönster/kombination som brukar kallas program,
  svårighetsgraden ökar genom att man ökar bandets avstånd från marken
     3 oväntad, positiv skillnad från det vanliga
     4 oväntad vändning i en berättelse eller annat förlopp

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  twist
     n.
     1 en dans som var populär i början av 1960-talet (?: lite fler
  detaljer skulle kunna vara intressant att få)
     2 en hopplek där man har ett gummiband uppspänt mellan två personer,
  eller föremål, så att bandet får en form av en avlång rektangel som är
  cirka en halvmeter bred, och en person ska hoppa på banden i ett
  förutbestämt mönster/kombination som brukar kallas program,
  svårighetsgraden ökar genom att man ökar bandets avstånd från marken
     3 oväntad, positiv skillnad från det vanliga
     4 oväntad vändning i en berättelse eller annat förlopp

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Twist /twˈɪst/ 
   [textil.] twisted yarn , twist 
     Synonym: Maschinengarn
  
   see: Baumwollgarn
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Twist /twˈɪst/ 
  twist 
           Note: ballroom dance
   see: Twist tanzen, twisten
  
           Note: Gesellschaftstanz

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  kronkel

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Twist /twˈɪst/
  الليّة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  1. извивка, изкривяване
  anything twisted, or the act of twisting
  2. изопачаване
  distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
  3. извивка
  form
  4. изкълчване
  sprain, especially to the ankle
  5. туист
  type of dance
  6. обрат
  unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  1. извъртам, изопачавам
  to distort or change the truth or meaning
  2. изкълчвам
  to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
  3. въртя
  to turn a knob etc
  4. усуквам
  to turn the ends in opposite directions
  5. извивам се
  to wind, to follow a wavy course

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  zkroutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  zkroucení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  navíjet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  pokroutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  stočit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  kroutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  kroutit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  zakroutit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  zkroutit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  zkroutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  zákrut

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  zkrut

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  točit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  zkroucení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  stočit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  překroutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  pokroutit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  podvrtnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  navíjet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  motouz

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Biegung , Kurve 
   see: twists
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Drall , Effet  [sport]
           Note: Ballsport
           Note: ball sports

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Drall , Draht , Drehung  [textil.]
           Note: Spinnen
           Note: spinning

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Drehung , Umdrehung 
     Synonym: turn
  
   see: turns, twists
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Krümmung verdreht, windschief
   see: bow, cup
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Maschinengarn , Twist  [textil.]
     Synonym: twisted yarn
  
   see: cotton twist
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Schraube  [sport]
   see: twists, double twist
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Twist 
           Note: Gesellschaftstanz
        "dance the twist"  - Twist tanzen, twisten
   see: twist
  
           Note: ballroom dance

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  Twist tanzen, twisten 
   see: twist
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Verdrehen , Verdrehung , Verwindung , Torsion  [phys.]
           Note: eines Bauteils
           Note: Mechanik
     Synonyms: twisting, torsion
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Verdrillung 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  überraschende Wendung, Wandel 
   see: turn, troubling spin
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  drehen, wickeln 
   see: twisting, twisted, twists, twisted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  sich drehen 
   see: twisting, twisted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  überraschende Wendung , unerwartete Wendung  [art]  [lit.]
           Note: Theater, Film, Literatur
     Synonym: plot twist
  
           Note: theatre, film, literature

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  umlenken 
     Synonym: bent
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  unerwartete Wendung , überraschende Wendung 
        "a twist in the criminal case"  - eine unerwartete Wendung in dem Kiminalfall
           Note: unexpected development of events

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  etw. verdrehen, verwinden 
        "twist sb.'s arm"  - jdm. den Arm rumdrehen
     Synonyms: distort, warp, skew sth.
  
   see: distorting, twisting, warping, skewing, distorted, twisted, warped, skewed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  verdrillen 
   see: twisting, twisted, twists, twisted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  verflechten 
   see: twisting, twisted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  sich verknacksen [ugs.] , sich vertreten, sich verstauchen 
        "twist one's ankle"  - sich den Fuß verknacksen, sich den Fuß vertreten
     Synonym: sprain
  
   see: twisting, spraining, twisted, sprained
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  Schlag  [mach.]  [techn.]
           Note: von Seilen

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  
  πλοκή, στροφή, στραμπουλίζω, καμπή, διαστροφή

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  1. kierto, vääntö 2.
  anything twisted, or the act of twisting
   3.
  twisting force
  2. vääntö
  degree of stress or strain when twisted
  3. väärinymmärrys, vääristely
  distortion to the meaning of a word or passage
  4. kierre, vääntynyt muoto
  form
  5. damaskiteräs
  material for gun barrels
  6. kierre
  rotation of the body when diving
  7. bööna
  slang: girl, woman
  8. siivu
  sliver of lemon peel
  9. rihlaus
  spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon
  10. nyrjähdys
  sprain, especially to the ankle
  11. taipumus
  strong individual tendency
  12. mutka, mutkittelu, äkkimutka
  sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc
  13. twist
  type of dance
  14. kierretty
  type of thread
  15. käänne
  unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  1. vääristellä, ymmärtää
  to distort or change the truth or meaning
  2. kiertää, kääntää, punoa, vääntää
  to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)
  3. kiertää, punoa
  to join together by twining
  4. kiertää, vääntää
  to turn the ends in opposite directions

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  twist /twist/
  tordre

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  1. मुडना
        "He twisted his head round to speak to his friend."
  2. गूथना
        "Twist the creeper into the arch."
  3. विकृत~करना
        "He twisted his face after eating bittergourd."
  4. लिपटना
        "The nurse twisted the bandage round her arm."
  5. मिथ्या~अर्थ~देना
        "The papers twisted everything."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  twist /twˈɪst/ 
  1. घुमाव
        "He broke the handle with a violent twist."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  izviti, migoljiti, obrtanje, prelomiti, savinuti, uganuće, uplesti se, uplitanje, uvijanje, uvijen gležanj, uviti se, uvrtanje, uvrtjeti, zavijutak, zavoj, zavojak

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  1. hajlam
  2. sodrás
  3. kevert ital
  4. ferdeség
  5. csaj
  6. csavarugrás
  7. combtövi rész
  8. elferdülés
  9. pörgetés
  10. kicsavarás
  11. forduló
  12. sodrott dohány
  13. csavaró feszültség
  14. stanicli
  15. görbeség
  16. huzagolás
  17. suskus
  18. fonal
  19. csavarmenet
  20. váratlan fordulat
  21. csavarás
  22. farkasétvágy
  23. kanyarulat
  24. kifli
  25. kiforgatás
  26. csavaró nyomaték
  27. farkaséhség
  28. becsapás
  29. fonákság
  30. papírtölcsér
  31. elgörbülés
  32. csavarodás
  33. kanyar
  34. csavar
  35. lábköz
  36. kifordítás
  37. váratlan fejlemény
  38. tekeredés
  39. elkanyarodás
  40. sodrott fonal
  41. cérna
  42. étvágy
  43. csavaró erô
  44. nô
  45. perec
  46. kötél
  47. fonott dohány
  48. tyúk
  49. kanyarodás
  50. fordulat
  51. elferdítés
  52. svindli

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  どんでん返し
  unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  捻る
  to turn the ends in opposite directions

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  twist /twist/
  1. kronkelen
  2. slingeren
  3. twijnen, verbuigen, verdraaien, vertrekken, wringen, verwringen
  4. de twist dansen, twisten
  5. twist

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  vri
  to turn the ends in opposite directions

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  twist /twɪst/
  I.   1.  wykręcać się, wykręcać, obracać się, obracać
   2.  odkręcać, nakręcać
   3.  wić się
  II.   1.  obrót, skręt
   2.  wykręcenie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  twist /twist/
  torcer, retorcer

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  varpgarn
  type of thread

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  twist //twɪst// /[tw̥ɪst]/ 
  1. vricka
  to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction
  2. tvinna
  to join together by twining
  3. vrida
  to turn the ends in opposite directions

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  twist /twˈɪst/
  1. bükmek
  2. sarmak
  3. burmak
  4. burkmak
  5. ters anlam vermek
  6. bükülmek
  7. sarılmak
  8. burulmak
  9. şaşırtmak
  10. helezoni döndürmek
  11. kıvrımlar meydana getirmek
  12. dolambaçlı yönde çevirmek
  13. bozmak
  14. bükülme
  15. sarılma
  16. burma
  17. burkulma
  18. ibrişim
  19. burmalı ekmek
  20. bükme, bükülmüş şey
  21. düğüm
  22. dönme
  23. dönüş
  24. topun havada dönerek gitmesi
  25. kötülüğe meyil
  26. bükme kuvveti
  27. twist dansı
  28. değişiklik. twist around one' finger parmağının ucunda oynatmak. twist off büküp koparmak. twist one' arm zorlamak, mecbur etmek. twist one' words birinin sözlerine yanlış anlam vermek. twist the lion' tail damarına basmak(İngiliz halkını sinirlendirmek için) twist up büküp bırakmak. a twist of the wrist hüner, ustalık. twist'ed  bükülmüş
  29. şaşırtılmış, sapkın. twist'er  büken şey veya kimse
  30. yuvarlanarak giden top
  31. kasırga, hortum.

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  twist /twist/ 
  туист
  (Musique) Type de chanson et de danse des années 1960

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  twist /twist/ 
  twist
  (Musique) Type de chanson et de danse des années 1960

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  twist /twist/ 
  twist
  (Musique) Type de chanson et de danse des années 1960

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  twist /twist/ 
  twist
  (Musique) Type de chanson et de danse des années 1960

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  twist /twist/
  Disput, Streit , Wortwechsel , Zank 

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  twist /twist/
  1. dispute, quarrel
  2. twist

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  twist /twist/
  dispute

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  twist /tʋˈɪst/ 
  altercatio
  1. een langdurig geschil

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  twist /tʋˈɪst/ 
  alteración, cuestión
  1. een langdurig geschil

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  twist
  twist

From język polski-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-deu ]

  twist /twʲist/ 
  Twist
  (choreografia, choreograficzny) taniec towarzyski w takcie dwudzielnym, w którym partnerzy tańczą osobno, wykonując energiczne skręty nóg, bioder i rąk

From język polski-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-eng ]

  twist /twʲist/ 
  twist
  (choreografia, choreograficzny) taniec towarzyski w takcie dwudzielnym, w którym partnerzy tańczą osobno, wykonując energiczne skręty nóg, bioder i rąk

From język polski-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-nor ]

  twist /twʲist/ 
  vri
  (choreografia, choreograficzny) taniec towarzyski w takcie dwudzielnym, w którym partnerzy tańczą osobno, wykonując energiczne skręty nóg, bioder i rąk

From język polski-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-spa ]

  twist /twʲist/ 
  twist
  (choreografia, choreograficzny) taniec towarzyski w takcie dwudzielnym, w którym partnerzy tańczą osobno, wykonując energiczne skręty nóg, bioder i rąk

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtwɪst/

From IPA:fi :   [ IPA:fi ]

  

/twist/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  624 Moby Thesaurus words for "twist":
     a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, action, adulterate, affinity,
     afflict, agonize, ail, alloy, alter, alteration, anagnorisis,
     analysis, anamorphism, anamorphosis, angle, angle off, animus,
     approach, aptitude, aptness, architectonics, architecture,
     argument, aspect, asymmetry, atmosphere, background, balmy, barmy,
     batty, bear off, belie, bend, bent, bias, birthmark, bite,
     blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, bonkers, bonus, bow, braid,
     brail, branching off, buckle, bulla, bully, bun, burlesque, burn,
     cable, camouflage, canker, caricature, cast, catastrophe,
     cavendish, chafe, change, character, characterization, chaw,
     cheapen, check, chew, chewing tobacco, chignon, cicatrix,
     cicatrize, circle, circuitousness, circulate, circumrotate,
     circumvolute, cirrus, coarsen, coerce, coil, color, coloring,
     comedo, complication, conatus, conduciveness, configuration,
     confound, constitution, construal, construction, contaminate,
     continuity, contort, contortion, contrivance, convulse, cord,
     corkscrew, corner, corrupt, crack, crank, crater, craze, crazy,
     crinkle, crook, crookedness, crotchet, crucify, crumple, cuckoo,
     cud, cue, curl, curlicue, curve, cut, cut plug, daft, debase,
     declination, decoration, deface, defacement, defect, defile,
     deflect, deflower, deform, deformation, deformity, degenerate,
     degrade, delight, denature, denouement, departure, deprave,
     desecrate, design, despoil, detorsion, detour, devalue,
     development, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device,
     deviousness, diathesis, diffract, diffuse, digression, discursion,
     disfiguration, disfigure, disfigurement, disguise, disperse,
     disposition, disproportion, distort, distortion, distress,
     divagate, divagation, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion,
     divert, dogleg, double, dress up, drift, drifting, eagerness,
     eating tobacco, eccentric, eccentricity, effect, eidolon,
     embellish, embroider, enlace, entwine, episode, err, errantry,
     evolute, exaggerate, excruciate, excurse, excursion, excursus,
     exorbitation, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, fable,
     facet, failing, falling action, falsification, falsify, fashion,
     fault, favoritism, feature, feeling for, fester, fid, figure,
     filigree, filling, fillip, flaw, flourish, foible, force,
     forejudgment, form, freckle, fret, frill, fudge, gall, garble,
     garbling, gestalt, gild, gimmick, give pain, gloss, gloss over,
     gnarl, gnaw, go adrift, go around, go astray, go round, grain,
     grate, grind, gripe, guise, gyrate, gyre, hairpin, harrow, helix,
     hemangioma, hickey, hurt, idiosyncrasy, image, imago, imbalance,
     impression, incident, inclination, incongruity, inconsistency,
     indirection, individualism, infect, inflame, inflict pain,
     influence, insane, interknit, interlace, interpretation, intertie,
     intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, involute,
     irregularity, irritate, jaundice, jaundiced eye, keloid, kidney,
     kill by inches, kink, knit, knot, lace, lacerate, lagniappe,
     leaning, lentigo, liability, ligament, ligation, ligature, light,
     likeness, liking, line, lineaments, local color, look, loom, loop,
     lopsidedness, lurch, mad, make, makeup, manner, mar, martyr,
     martyrize, mask, mat, meander, mental set, mettle, milium, mind,
     mind-set, miscite, miscolor, misconstruction, misconstrue,
     misinterpret, misinterpretation, misquotation, misquote, misreport,
     misrepresent, misrepresentation, misstate, misstatement, misteach,
     mistranslate, mistranslation, misunderstand, misunderstanding,
     misuse, mold, mole, mood, motif, movement, mythos, nature, navy,
     navy plug, needle scar, net, nevus, nip, noose, nuts, nutty,
     oblique, obliquity, oddity, one-sidedness, ornament, overdraw,
     overstate, padding, pain, parody, partialism, partiality,
     partisanship, peculiarity, penchant, pererrate, pererration,
     peripeteia, persuade, perversion, pervert, phase, phasis, pierce,
     pigtail, pimple, pinch, pirouette, pit, pivot, plait, plan, pleach,
     plot, pock, pockmark, poison, pollute, port-wine mark,
     port-wine stain, preconception, predilection, predisposition,
     preference, prejudgment, prejudice, prejudice against,
     prejudice the issue, premium, prepossess, prepossession, pressure,
     prick, probability, proclivity, prolong the agony, proneness,
     propensity, prostitute, pull, pustule, put to torture, queue, quid,
     quirk, rack, raddle, ramble, rambling, rankle, rasp, rattail,
     ravage, ravish, readiness, recognition, reference, refract, regard,
     respect, revolve, rick, rift, ringlet, rising action, roll, rope,
     rotate, round, round the bend, rove, rub, scab, scallop, scar,
     scarify, scatter, scheme, scratch, screw, scroll, sebaceous cyst,
     secondary plot, seeming, semblance, sensitivity to, serpentine,
     set, shape, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path,
     side, simulacrum, skew, slant, slink, slue, snake, soft spot,
     something extra, spin, spiral, splice, split, sprain, spring,
     spun yarn, squirm, stab, stamp, sting, story, straggle, strain,
     strawberry mark, stray, straying, streak, string, stripe,
     structure, stuffing, sty, style, subject, subplot, superaddition,
     susceptibility, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swing, swinging,
     swirl, switch, swivel, tack, tail, taint, temper, temperament,
     tendency, tendon, tendril, thematic development, theme, thong,
     tissue, titivate, tobacco juice, tone, topic, topknot, torment,
     torsion, tortuosity, torture, total effect, track, travesty,
     treatment, trick, trick out, trimming, tropism, turn,
     turn a pirouette, turn around, turn awry, turn of mind, turn round,
     turning, tweak, twill, twine, twirl, twist and turn, type,
     ulcerate, understanding, understate, undetachment,
     undispassionateness, unsymmetry, variation, varnish, veer, verruca,
     version, vesicle, view, viewpoint, violate, vitiate, volute,
     volution, vortex, vulgarize, wale, wamble, wander, wandering, warp,
     wart, wattle, weakness, weal, weave, web, welt, wen, wheel, whirl,
     whitehead, whitewash, whorl, wiggle, willingness, wind, wire, wise,
     worm, wound, wreathe, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, wrinkle,
     writhe, yarn, yaw, zigzag
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 一扭,扭曲;
  v. 拧,扭曲;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 一扭,扭曲,曲折,歪曲,螺旋状,手法
     vt. 拧,扭曲,捻,编织,使扭转,缠绕,盘绕

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