deform, distort, strain
(verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress; “His body was deformed by leprosy”
falsify, distort, garble, warp
(verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
twist, twine, distort
(verb) form into a spiral shape; “The cord is all twisted”
contort, deform, distort, wring
(verb) twist and press out of shape
Source: WordNet® 3.1
distort (third-person singular simple present distorts, present participle distorting, simple past and past participle distorted)
(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
(intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen.
(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of
• (to bring something out of shape): deform
distort (comparative more distort, superlative most distort)
(obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.
Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*tort", a. Etym: [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]
Definition: Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser.
Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. Thackeray.
2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. Tillotson.
3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
Syn.
– To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
