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contort
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contort
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contort
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Contort
(gcide) | Contort \Con*tort"\, v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere
to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.]
To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to
distort; to wrest.
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The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray.
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Kant contorted the term category from the proper
meaning of attributed. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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contort
(wn) | contort
v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform,
distort, wring] |
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contorted
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contortion
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contortionist
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contortions
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Contort
(gcide) | Contort \Con*tort"\, v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere
to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.]
To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to
distort; to wrest.
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The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray.
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Kant contorted the term category from the proper
meaning of attributed. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Contorted
(gcide) | Contorted \Con*tort"ed\, a.
1. Twisted, or twisted together. "A contorted chain of
icicles." --Massinger.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.
(b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in
contorted or convolute [ae]stivation.
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Contortion
(gcide) | Contortion \Con*tor"tion\ (k[o^]n*t[^o]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
contortio: cf. F. contorsion. See Contort, and cf.
Torsion.]
A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the
contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift.
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All the contortions of the sibyl, without the
inspiration. --Burke.
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Contortionist
(gcide) | Contortionist \Con*tor"tion*ist\ (k[o^]n*t[^o]"sh[u^]n*[i^]st),
n.
One who makes or practices contortions; especially, a gymnast
who is able to twist the limbs into positions impossible for
normal people to achieve.
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Contortive
(gcide) | Contortive \Con*tor"tive\, a.
Expressing contortion.
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Contortuplicate
(gcide) | Contortuplicate \Con`tor*tu"pli*cate\, a. [L. contortuplicatus;
contortus contorted + plicare to fold.] (Bot.)
Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the
morning-glory. --Gray.
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Pinus contorta
(gcide) | lodgepole pine \lodgepole pine\ n.
A tall, narrow 2-needled pine (Pinus contorta) of the
coastal Northwestern U. S., having a red to yellow-brown bark
fissured into small squares and bearing egg-shaped cones.
Syn: shore pine, lodgepole pine, spruce pine, {Pinus
contorta}.
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agkistrodon contortrix
(wn) | Agkistrodon contortrix
n 1: common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United
States [syn: copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix] |
contorted
(wn) | contorted
adj 1: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad
contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"-
Walter scott [syn: contorted, writhed, writhen] |
contortion
(wn) | contortion
n 1: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something
(e.g., yourself) [syn: contortion, deformation]
2: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree
house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity,
tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness] |
contortionist
(wn) | contortionist
n 1: an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions |
pinus contorta
(wn) | Pinus contorta
n 1: shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United
States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small
squares [syn: shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine,
spruce pine, Pinus contorta] |
pinus contorta murrayana
(wn) | Pinus contorta murrayana
n 1: tall subspecies of lodgepole pine [syn: {Sierra lodgepole
pine}, Pinus contorta murrayana] |
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