v
(transitive, obsolete) To wrench (something) out.
v
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
v
To bend or mold leather into shape.
v
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
v
(transitive, of hair) to curl, make curly, shape into curls
v
(intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
v
(transitive) To twist or wreathe around; entwine.
v
To move or cause to move in a figure eight pattern.
n
(figuratively) A strong person, in character and physique.
v
To form or cause to form a helix.
v
Alternative form of entwist [(transitive) To twist or wreathe around; entwine.]
v
(intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.
adj
(obsolete) Liable to kink or curl; kinky.
v
(transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
v
(transitive) To twist or wind, especially into a cord or braid etc.
n
(topology) A link with a standard projection comprising several tangles, each a braid on two strands, with the tangles arranged in some cyclic order.
v
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
v
(now Appalachia) Pronunciation spelling of coil. [To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.]
v
(chiefly dialectal, Southern US, Midland US) To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up).
v
To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.
v
(transitive) To contort.
v
(transitive) To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.
n
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
adj
(nonce word) A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion.
v
(transitive) To weave together.
v
(transitive) To twist; twirl.
v
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
n
One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
v
(transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
n
The warpedness resulting from that act or process.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To twist or wind around.
v
(intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
n
Something wound around something else.
v
(transitive) To bind straw into bundles.
v
(intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.
v
(obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.
v
(dialect) To twist; turn
v
To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
v
(transitive) To twist, wring (something).
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