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Definition of Contort
1. Verb. Twist and press out of shape.
Specialized synonyms: Morph
Generic synonyms: Distort, Twine, Twist
Related verbs: Wrench, Wring, Wring
Derivative terms: Contortion, Contortion, Deformation, Deformation, Distortion
Definition of Contort
1. v. t. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
Definition of Contort
1. Verb. (transitive) To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contort
1. to twist out of shape [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contort
Literary usage of Contort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"A writer in the Spectator tells us of a country rector in Ireland who was liable
to contort and tangle his words in strange fashion. ..."
2. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"(L. contort«».) Applied to the parts of a single whorl placed in a circle, each
exhibiting a torsion of its axis. (Stor- month. ..."
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