| NOUN | act | twisting, distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |
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| act | twisting, spin, twirl, twist, whirl | the act of rotating rapidly | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | twisting, tortuous, twisty, winding, voluminous | marked by repeated turns and bends |
| Sounds | twih'stihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | marked by repeated turns and bends. | |
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| Synonyms | tortuous, twisty, winding, voluminous | |
| Broader | crooked | Having or marked by bends or angles |
| Spanish | serpentino, sinuoso, tortuoso | |
| Catalan | serpentí, sinuós, tortuós | |
| Meaning | The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. | |
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| Synonyms | distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture | |
| Broader | falsification, misrepresentation | A willful perversion of facts |
| Spanish | deformación, distorsión, torcimiento, torsión | |
| Catalan | deformació | |
| Verbs | twist | practice sophistry |
| Meaning | The act of rotating rapidly. | |
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| Example | "it broke off after much twisting" | |
| Synonyms | spin, twirl, twist, 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 | |
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