catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

Query string:
Search type:
Database:

Database copyright information
Server information

33 definitions found

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 ]


  Twisted \Twist"ed\, a.
     Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,
     perverted.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Twisted curve (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See
        Plane curve, under Curve.
  
     Twisted surface (Geom.), a surface described by a straight
        line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the
        consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one
        plane; a warped surface.
        [1913 Webster]

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 ]


  Twisted \Twist"ed\, a.
     Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,
     perverted.
  
     Twisted curve (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See
        Plane curve, under Curve.
  
     Twisted surface (Geom.), a surface described by a straight
        line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the
        consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one
        plane; a warped surface.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  twisted
       adj 1: wound or wrapped around something; "hair twined around her
              fingers"; "bulky with twisted stitches around the
              edges" [syn: twined]
       2: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with
          contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of
          steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders" [syn: contorted,
           distorted]
       3: 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" [syn: distorted,
           misrepresented, perverted]

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


  twisted
     a.
     1 contorted.
     2 wound spirally.
     3 mentally disturbed or unsound.
     4 Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and
  marijuana. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     (infl of en twist  ed-form)

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


  twisted
     a.
     1 contorted.
     2 wound spirally.
     3 mentally disturbed or unsound.
     4 Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and
  marijuana. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     (infl of en twist  ed-form)

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


  twisted
     a.
     1 contorted.
     2 wound spirally.
     3 mentally disturbed or unsound.
     4 Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and
  marijuana. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     (infl of en twist  ed-form)

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


  twisted
     a.
     1 contorted.
     2 wound spirally.
     3 mentally disturbed or unsound.
     4 Under the influence of multiple intoxicants, usually alcohol and
  marijuana. (rfex: en)
     vb.
     (infl of en twist  ed-form)

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


  twisted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t wist ed)

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


  twisted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en twist ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb twist)

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


  Twisted /twˈɪstɪd/
  ملتوي

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


  twisted /twˈɪstɪd/ 
  překroucený

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


  twisted /twˈɪstɪd/ 
  zvrácený