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1. Marked by repeated turns and bends
   "a twisting road up the mountain";
   - tortuous, twisty, winding, voluminous, windy[2]

1. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   - distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture
    
2. The act of rotating rapidly
   "it broke off after much twisting";
   - spin, twirl, twist, whirl

1. Form into a bent, curling or spiral shape
   "The cord is all twisted";
   - twine, distort
    
2. Turn one end while keeping another end fixed or turning in the opposite direction
   "twist one's head"
    
3. Move in a twisting or contorted motion (esp. when struggling)
   "The prisoner twisted in discomfort";
   - writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm
    
4. Cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
   "twist the dough into a braid";
   - flex, bend, deform, turn
    
5. Form into twists
   "Twist the strips of dough"
    
6. Extend in curves and turns
   "the path twisted through the forest";
   - wind[2], curve
    
7. Do the twist
    
8. Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
   "twist a window off its hinges";
   - wrench
    
9. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
   "Don't twist my words";
   - twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate
    
10. Twist suddenly so as to sprain
    "The wrestler twisted his shoulder";
    - sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

Derived forms: twistings

See also: crooked

Type of: be, change form, change shape, dance, deform, denote, falsification, form, injure, misrepresentation, move, pull, refer, rotary motion, rotation, shape, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, turn, wound

Antonym: unbend

Encyclopedia: Twisting