<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.</li><li>to form by or as if by winding strands together: Several fibers were used to twist the rope.</li><li>to entwine (one thing) with another; interlace (something) with something else; interweave; plait.</li><li>to wind or coil (something) about something else; encircle; entwine; wreathe.</li><li>to alter in shape, as by turning the ends in opposite directions, so that parts previously in the same straight line and plane are located in a spiral curve: The sculptor twisted the form into an arabesque.</li><li>to turn sharply or wrench out of place; sprain: He twisted his ankle.</li><li>to pull, tear, or break off by turning forcibly: He twisted the arm off the puppet.</li><li>to distort (the features) by tensing or contracting the facial muscles; contort: She twisted her face in a wry smile.</li><li>to distort the meaning or form of; pervert: He twisted my comment about to suit his own purpose.</li><li>to cause to become mentally or emotionally distorted; warp: The loss of his business twisted his whole outlook on life.</li><li>to form into a coil, knot, or the like by winding, rolling, etc.: to twist the hair into a knot.</li><li>to bend tortuously.</li><li>to cause to move with a rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.</li><li>to turn (something) from one direction to another, as by rotating or revolving: I twisted my chair to face the window.</li><li>to combine or associate intimately.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.</li><li>the action of turning or rotating on an axis; rotary motion; spin.</li><li>anything formed by or as if by twisting or twining parts together.</li><li>the act or process of twining strands together, as in thread, yarn, or rope.</li><li>a twisting awry or askew.</li><li>distortion or perversion, as of meaning or form.</li><li>a peculiar attitude or bias; eccentric turn or bent of mind; eccentricity.</li><li>spiral disposition, arrangement, or form.</li><li>spiral movement or course.</li><li>an irregular bend; crook; kink.</li><li>a sudden, unanticipated change of course, as of events.</li><li>a treatment, method, idea, version, etc., especially one differing from that which preceded: The screenwriters gave the old plot a new twist.</li><li>the changing of the shape of anything by or as by turning the ends in opposite directions.</li><li>the stress causing this alteration; torque.</li><li>the resulting state.</li><li>a twisting or torsional action, force, or stress; torsion.</li><li>a strong, twisted silk thread, heavier than ordinary sewing silk, for working buttonholes and for other purposes.</li><li>the direction of twisting in weaving yarn; S twist or Z twist.</li><li>a loaf or roll of dough twisted and baked.</li><li>a strip of citrus peel that has been twisted and placed in a drink to add flavor.</li><li>a kind of tobacco manufactured in the form of a rope or thick cord.</li><li>a dance performed by couples and characterized by strongly rhythmic turns and twists of the arms, legs, and torso.</li><li>the degree of spiral formed by the grooves in a rifled firearm or cannon.</li><li>a full rotation of the body about the vertical axis.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>