twist
//twɪst//
Forms
- Plural
- twists
- present (v1)
- twist
- past (v2)
- twisted
- past participle (v3)
- twisted
- present participle
- twisting
- 3rd person singular
- twists
Definitions
1.A twisting force.
2.Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- Not the least turn or twist in the fibres of any one animal which does not render them more proper for that particular animal's way of life than any other cast or texture.
3.The form given in twisting.
4.The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
1.To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
2.To join together by twining one part around another.
3.To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
4.To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of flame.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4113
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twist, from Old English *twist, in compounds (e.g. mæsttwist (“a rope; stay”), candeltwist (“a wick”)), from Proto-Germanic *twistaz, a derivative of *twi- (“two-”) (compare also twine, between, betwixt).