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English to English noun
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an unforeseen development |  | Example: events suddenly took an awkward turn
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an interpretation of a text or action | | Example: they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
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any clever maneuver | | Example: he would stoop to any device to win a point
it was a great sales gimmick
a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen
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the act of rotating rapidly | | Example: he gave the crank a spin
it broke off after much twisting
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a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | | Example: the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
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a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | | source: wordnet30
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a circular segment of a curve | | Example: a bend in the road
a crook in the path
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a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself | | source: wordnet30
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a jerky pulling movement | | source: wordnet30
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a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | | source: wordnet30
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social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s | | Example: they liked to dance the twist
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the act of winding or twisting | | Example: he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
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turning or twisting around (in place) | | Example: with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room
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The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | | Example: The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
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cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form | | Example: bend the rod
twist the dough into a braid
the strong man could turn an iron bar
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turn in the opposite direction | | Example: twist one's head
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form into a spiral shape | | Example: The cord is all twisted
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form into twists | | Example: Twist the strips of dough
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extend in curves and turns | | Example: The road winds around the lake
the path twisted through the forest
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do the twist | | source: wordnet30
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twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates | | Example: wrench a window off its hinges
wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest
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practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | | Example: Don't twist my words
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twist suddenly so as to sprain | | Example: 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
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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