| Sounds | twih'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst... | |
| Meaning | An unforeseen development. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | turn, turn of events | |
| Broader | development | A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
| Spanish | giro | |
| Catalan | revolt, tomb | |
| Meaning | An interpretation of a text or action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | construction | |
| Broader | interpretation | An explanation that results from interpreting something |
| Verbs | twist | practice sophistry |
| Meaning | Any clever maneuver. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | device, gimmick | |
| Narrower | mnemonic | A device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall |
| trick, fast one | A cunning or deceitful action or device | |
| Broader | maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre | A move made to gain a tactical end |
| Spanish | ardid, artilugio, artimaña, estratagema, truco | |
| Catalan | truc | |
| Meaning | The act of rotating rapidly. | |
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| Example | "it broke off after much twisting" | |
| Synonyms | spin, twirl, twisting, whirl | |
| Narrower | birling, logrolling | rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) |
| pirouette | (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) | |
| Broader | rotation, rotary motion | The act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Spanish | giro | |
| Catalan | gir | |
| Verbs | twist | turn in the opposite direction |
| twist | twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates | |
| Meaning | A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | wrench, pull | |
| Narrower | sprain | A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments |
| Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| Spanish | torcedura | |
| Catalan | estrebada, torçada, torcement | |
| Verbs | twist | twist suddenly so as to sprain |
| Meaning | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | kink, twirl | |
| Broader | fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | An angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| Spanish | enroscadura | |
| Verbs | twist | form into a spiral shape |
| Meaning | A circular segment of a curve. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bend, crook, turn | |
| Narrower | bight | A bend / bend or curve (especially in a coastline) |
| Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| Spanish | curva, curvatura, giro, recodo, vuelta | |
| Catalan | revolt | |
| Meaning | A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | eddy | |
| Broader | current, stream | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) |
| Spanish | contracorriente, remolino, revesa | |
| Meaning | A jerky pulling movement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | wrench | |
| Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
| Spanish | torcimiento, torsión | |
| Verbs | twist | twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates |
| twist | to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling / struggling / struggling) | |
| Meaning | A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | braid, plait, tress | |
| Narrower | pigtail | A plait of braided hair |
| queue | A braid of hair at the back of the head | |
| Broader | hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| Spanish | trenzada, trenza | |
| Catalan | trena | |
| Verbs | twist | form into twists |
| Meaning | 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" | |
| Broader | social dancing | dancing as part of a social occasion |
| Verbs | twist | do the twist |
| Meaning | The act of winding or twisting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | wind, winding | |
| Broader | rotation, rotary motion | The act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Spanish | vuelta | |
| Catalan | bobinatge, volta | |
| Meaning | turning or twisting around (in place). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" | |
| Synonym | turn | |
| Narrower | twiddle | A series of small (usually idle) twists or turns |
| Broader | rotation, rotary motion | The act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Spanish | giro, vuelta | |
| Catalan | gir, tomb, volta | |
| Meaning | To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling / struggling / struggling). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm | |
| Narrower | wrench | make a sudden twisting motion |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | retorcerse, retorcer, serpentear, torcer, trenzar, zigzaguear | |
| Catalan | cargolar-se, retorçar, retòrcer, serpejar, serpentejar, torçar, tòrcer, trenar | |
| Nouns | twist | a jerky pulling movement |
| twister | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | |
| Meaning | Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked / crooked or angular form. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "twist the dough into a braid" | |
| Synonyms | flex, bend, deform, turn | |
| Entailed by | curl, curve, kink | form a curl, curve, or kink |
| Narrower | convolve, convolute | curl, wind, or twist together |
| crank | bend into the shape of a crank | |
| gnarl | Twist into a state of deformity | |
| incurvate | Cause to curve / curve inward | |
| indent, dent | make a depression into | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Opposite | unbend | Free from flexure |
| Spanish | curvar, doblar, girar, rotar, torcer | |
| Catalan | corbar, doblar, doblegar, encorbar, enroscar, girar, rotar, tòrçar, torçar, tòrcer, trenar | |
| Meaning | Turn in the opposite direction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "twist one's head" | |
| Narrower | crick | Twist (a body part) into a strained / strained position |
| curl, wave | Twist or roll into coils or ringlets | |
| quirk | Twist or curve abruptly | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | retorcer, torcer | |
| Catalan | retorçar, retòrcer, tòrcer | |
| Nouns | twist | the act of rotating rapidly |
| Meaning | form into a spiral shape. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "The cord is all twisted" | |
| Synonyms | twine, distort | |
| Narrower | contort, deform, distort, wring | Twist and press out of shape |
| entangle, tangle, mat, snarl | Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | |
| intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace | spin,wind, or twist together | |
| spin | Work natural fibers into a thread | |
| weave, interweave | Interlace by or as if by weaving | |
| wring, wrench | Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Opposite | untwist | Cause to become untwisted |
| Catalan | cargolar, enroscar | |
| Nouns | twist | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| Meaning | form into twists. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They twist the wire around the stick | |
| Example | "Twist the strips of dough" | |
| Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
| Spanish | enroscar, trenzar | |
| Catalan | cargolar, enroscar, trenar | |
| Nouns | twist | a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair |
| Meaning | Extend in curves and turns. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "the path twisted through the forest" | |
| Synonyms | wind, curve | |
| Narrower | circumvolute | wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail |
| snake | form a snake-like pattern | |
| spiral | form a spiral / spiral | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | serpentear, zigzaguear | |
| Catalan | serpejar, serpentejar | |
| Meaning | Do the twist. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue twist | |
| Broader | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
| Nouns | twist | social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music |
| Meaning | Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | wrench | |
| Broader | pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion |
| Nouns | twist | the act of rotating rapidly |
| twist | a jerky pulling movement | |
| Meaning | Practice sophistry; change the meaning / meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive / deceive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Don't twist my words" | |
| Synonyms | twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate | |
| Broader | denote, refer | Have as a meaning / meaning |
| Spanish | tergiversar | |
| Nouns | twist | an interpretation of a text or action |
| twisting | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | |
| Meaning | Twist suddenly so as to sprain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he twist his foot? | |
| Example | "The wrestler twisted his shoulder" | |
| Synonyms | sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick | |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Spanish | descoyuntarse, dislocarse, girar, rotar, torcerse | |
| Catalan | desconjuntar-se, dislocar-se, girar, rotar, torçar-se, torçar, tòrcer | |
| Nouns | twist | a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments |
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