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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
