distort : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: distort	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for distort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distort v make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story Synonym(s): falsify, distort, garble, warp form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" Synonym(s): twist, twine, distort Antonym(s): untwist twist and press out of shape Synonym(s): contort, deform, distort, wring affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" Synonym(s): tinge, color, colour, distort alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" Synonym(s): deform, distort, strain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distort \Distort"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distort \Dis*tort"\, a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See {Torsion}.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser.