Word Meaning

twists definition and meaning

v. t. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
v. t. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
v. t. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
v. t. 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.
v. t. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
v. t. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
v. i. 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.
v. i. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
n. The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
n. The form given in twisting.
n. That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
n. A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
n. A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
n. A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
n. A roll of twisted dough, baked.
n. A little twisted roll of tobacco.
n. One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
n. A beverage made of brandy and gin.
v. t. A twig.

Crossword clues for twists

- 60s dance craze the ...
- bending
- Coil or spin
- coil, wind
- Contort
- Corrupt
- Cross
- Curl
- Deform
- Dickens novel, Oliver ...
- Follow winding course
- Intertwine
- Meander, ... and turn
- Move to music
- novel, oliver ...
- Oliver, for one
- Oliver’s favourite dance?
- Pervert
- Plot’s shock turn
- Screw
- Screw around
- Snake dance?
- Storyline surprise
- Surprise ending
- Unexpected ending
- Unexpected plot development
- Unexpected plot development for Oliver protagonist
- Weave, ... and turn
- Wind spirally
- wisp
- Writhe
- Coils or spins
- Contorts
- Distorts
- Screws
- Unexpected story changes
- Wrings