The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray.
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Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
contort — contórt adj. m., pl. contórţi; f. sg. contórtă, pl. contórte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic CONTÓRT, Ă adj. Învârtit, sucit. ♦ (Despre frunze) Care se acoperă parţial una pe alta. [cf … Dicționar Român
contort — I verb bend, bend out of shape, deform, depravare, detorquere, dislocate, distorquere, distort, knot, misshape, pervert, turn, twine, twist, twist and turn, wind, wrench, wrest, wrinkle, writhe II index distort … Law dictionary
contort — early 15c., from L. contortus, pp. of contorquere to whirl, twist together, from com together or intensive (see COM (Cf. com )) + torquere to twist (see THWART (Cf. thwart)). Related: Contorted; contorting … Etymology dictionary
contort — distort, warp, *deform Analogous words: twist, bend, *curve … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contort — [v] disfigure, distort bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe; concepts 147,184 Ant. beautify, smooth … New thesaurus
contort — ► VERB ▪ twist or bend out of its normal shape. DERIVATIVES contortion noun. ORIGIN Latin contorquere twist round, brandish … English terms dictionary
contort — [kən tôrt′] vt., vi. [< L contortus, pp. of contorquere, to whirl, twist < com , together + torquere, to twist: see TORT] to twist or wrench out of its usual form into one that is grotesque; distort violently [a face contorted with pain]… … English World dictionary
contort — UK [kənˈtɔː(r)t] / US [kənˈtɔrt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms contort : present tense I/you/we/they contort he/she/it contorts present participle contorting past tense contorted past participle contorted if your face or body contorts … English dictionary
contort — verb Contort is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑face, ↑mouth Contort is used with these nouns as the object: ↑feature … Collocations dictionary
contort — con|tort [kənˈto:t US o:rt] v [I and T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of contorquere, from com ( COM ) + torquere to twist ] if you contort something, or if it contorts, it twists out of its normal shape and looks strange… … Dictionary of contemporary English
