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Verbi

1. (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
2. (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
3. (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
4. (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
5. (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
6. (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.
9. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.
10. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.

Substantiivi

1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
3. (obsolete) A trick or artifice.
4. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.
5. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.
6. (archaic) A winch or windlass.
7. (obsolete) A screw.
8. A distorting change from the original meaning.
9. (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
10. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
11. A violent emotional change caused by separation.
12. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
13. (obsolete) means; contrivance
14. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.