TWIST

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twist I. substantiv

1. îndoitură; cotitură, cot.

2. învârtire, rotire; rotaţie.

3. răsucire; contorsionare.

4. frânghie, funie; şnur; sfoară; fir răsucit.

5. obiect răsucit, de exemplu cornet, pungă de hârtie etc.

6. pâine împletită; colac.

7. twist (dans).

8. (tehn.) cablaj; cablare.

9. strâmbare; deformare.

10. particularitate, specific, caracteristică.

11. înşelăciune, amăgire.

12. (fam.) poftă (de mâncare).

13. (sl. înv.) amestec de băuturi.

twist II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a îndoi, a răsuci.

2. a învârti, a roti.

3. a răsuci, a contorsiona.

4. a împleti.

5. a stoarce (rufe).

6. a strâmba, a deforma.

7. (fam.) a înşela, a păcăli.

8. a chinui.

9. (sl.) a spânzura.

twist II. verb B. reflexiv

to twist oneself into a se furişa în.

twist II. verb C. intranzitiv

1. a se răsuci, a se suci.

2. a se învârti.

3. a şerpui;

the road twisted a good deal drumul şerpuia foarte mult.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Originally identified in the glucocorticoid receptor, it's also known as the C4 zinc finger, or the zinc twist.

(Hormone Receptor DNA-Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

And then another crow flew at him, and the Scarecrow twisted its neck also.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

That left foot of yours with its inward twist is all over the place.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I heard the sharp snap of a twisted key.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For reply, I twisted weakly into a sitting posture, and was helped by Yonson to my feet.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The huge steel hook had been passed through the collar of his leather jerkin, and there he hung like a fish on a line, writhing, twisting, and screaming, but utterly unable to free himself from his extraordinary position.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She lifted up her head, and looked darkly round at him for a moment; then laid it down again, and curved her right arm about her neck, as a woman in a fever, or in an agony of pain from a shot, might twist herself.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The Milky Way turned out to be progressively twisted in its outer areas, which is most likely caused by the powerful rotating forces released by the galaxy’s massive internal disk, according to the research.

(Scientists Say Milky Way Is Warped & Twisted Not Flat, Editura Global Info)

"This isn't the road," said the Stork, as she twisted her long neck and looked sharply at the queer party.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Beside it sat the dead man, leaning back in his chair, his thin beard projecting, his spectacles pushed up on to his forehead, and his lean dark face turned towards the window and twisted into the same distortion of terror which had marked the features of his dead sister.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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