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CONTORT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they contort ... he / she / it contorts
Past simple: contorted
-ing form: contorting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
contort; deform; distort; wring
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "contort" is one way to...):
distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)
Verb group:
wrench; wring (twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish)
wring (twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "contort"):
morph (change shape as via computer animation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
contortion (the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself))
contortion (a tortuous and twisted shape or position)