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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.
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              Twist it into a serpentine form.      --Pope.
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     2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
        as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
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     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.
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     4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture
        of parts. ``Longing to twist bays with that ivy.''
        --Waller.
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              There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of
              flame.                                --T. Burnet.
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     5. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
        avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
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     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.
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     7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;
        to wreathe; to make up.
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              Was it not to this end
              That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? --Shak.
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     8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
        twist wool or cotton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Twisting \Twist"ing\,
     a. & n. from Twist.
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     Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair, n., 7.
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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 ]


  Twisting \Twist"ing\,
     a. & n. from Twist.
  
     Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair, n., 7.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  twisting
       adj 1: having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion;
              "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
              [syn: squirming, wiggling, wiggly, wriggling,
              wriggly, writhing]
       2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the
          mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to
          steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous, twisty,
           winding]
       n 1: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean
            something it was not intended to mean [syn: distortion,
             overrefinement, straining, torture]
       2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
          broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist,
           whirl]

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


  twisting
     a.
     Having many twists
     n.
     (lb en countable) (form of en gerund twist)
     vb.
     (present participle of en twist nocat=1)

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


  twisting
     a.
     Having many twists
     n.
     (lb en countable) (form of en gerund twist)
     vb.
     (present participle of en twist nocat=1)

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


  twisting
     a.
     Having many twists
     n.
     (lb en countable) (form of en gerund twist)
     vb.
     (present participle of en twist nocat=1)

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


  twisting
     a.
     Having many twists
     n.
     (lb en countable) (form of en gerund twist)
     vb.
     (present participle of en twist nocat=1)

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


  twisting
     Englanti a.
     1 mutkikas, mutkitteleva
     2 monimutkainen

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


  twisting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en twist ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb twist)

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


  Twisting /twˈɪstɪŋ/
  اللفّ

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


  twisting /twˈɪstɪŋ/ 
  kroucení

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  twisting /twˈɪstɪŋ/ 
  troellog

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


  twisting /twˈɪstɪŋ/
  Drallung , Drall  [techn.]
           Note: Walzwerk
           Note: rolling mill