usage: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
usage: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
3. twist, turn
usage: turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"
usage: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
5. twist, shape, form
usage: form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"
6. wind, twist, curve, be
usage: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
7. twist, dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
usage: do the twist
8. wrench, twist, pull
usage: twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"
usage: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
usage: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"