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to turn something, especially repeatedly, or to turn or wrap one thing around another: twist and turn The path twists and turns for over a mile. She sat there nervously twisting the ring around on her finger. She twisted her head (round) so she could see what was happening. Twist the rope tightly round that post over there. C1 [ T ]
a. : to wring or wrench so as to dislocate or distort. especially : sprain. twisted my ankle. b. : to alter the meaning of : distort, pervert. twisted the facts. c. : contort. twisted his face into a grin. d. : to pull off, turn, or break by torsion.
If you twist something, you turn it to make a spiral shape, for example by turning the two ends of it in opposite directions. Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried. [ VERB noun ]
Twist definition: to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine. . See examples of TWIST used in a sentence.
When you twist something, you turn it in a different direction. You might twist off a bottle cap, or you might even twist the plot of a story you are writing. A kite's tail twists in the wind, curling around itself, and a baker twists a piece of dough into a pretzel shape.
1. to cause (one end or part) to turn or (of one end or part) to turn in the opposite direction from another; coil or spin. 2. to distort or be distorted; change in shape. 3. to wind or cause to wind; twine, coil, or intertwine: to twist flowers into a wreath.
[transitive] twist something to deliberately change the meaning of what somebody has said, or to present facts in a particular way, in order to benefit yourself or harm somebody else synonym misrepresent
