transitive. To twist or coil (something); to arrange in a coiled or twisted form. Frequently with preposition or adverb. Now rare.
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释义 | the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally (17) writheOE transitive. To twist or coil (something); to arrange in a coiled or twisted form. Frequently with preposition or adverb. Now rare. wethe1398 transitive. To twist or twine. wind1398 transitive. To put into a curved or twisted form or state; to bend; to twist; to wring. Obsolete. withe1398 transitive. To twist like a withe. Also figurative. turna1450 transitive. To give a curved or crooked form to, to twist or bend (an object); to form (an artefact) by twisting (in quot. 1665) or bending (in… cralla1475 transitive. To bend, curve, twist, curl. twirk1599 transitive. = twirl, v.1 3. twirla1625 To twist spirally (threads, etc.); now esp. to twist (the moustache). twire1628 (Perhaps a misprint for twirl, v.1 3.) twist1714 To form into a spiral; to bend, curve, or coil spirally; to screw up. wisp1753 To twist into or as a wisp; dialect to rumple. twistle1788 transitive. To twist, twirl; to screw. twizzle1788 transitive. To twirl, twist; to turn round; to form by twisting. screw1834 transitive. To twist (paper) spirally; to crush or crumple (paper, a letter, etc.) into a compressed mass (frequently with into). Also: †to wrap… twistify1835 transitive. To make twisty (literal and figurative); to twist. Subcategories:— fashion by (1) — backwards (1) |
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