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Thesaurus: contort

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

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  1. v. t. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
  2. v. twist and press out of shape
  3. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest. The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray. Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. Sir W. Hamilton.
  4. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort;to wrest.The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray.Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning ofattributed. Sir W. Hamilton.
  5. v:100 v. twist and press out of shape