pretzel
wingle
crankle
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benthically
twisty
incurvate
wamble
kink
swerve
intort
hield
warp
winding
wry
strut
skewed
entwine
tirl
inbend
twistle
recurve
bendly
wrick
inclination
crook
intorsion
flex
crick
writhe
twirl
twistily
pretzelled
bow
slant
tarve
vining
pretzelize
get bent out of shape
wimple
countertwisting
upbow
cock
slantingways
sidelong
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zigzagging
curve
turn
wriggle
double up
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enarched
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snaking
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slopingly
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entwist
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sidelong
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kink
swerve
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entwine
tirl
inbend
twistle
recurve
wrick
flex
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twirl
bow
slant
pretzelize
get bent out of shape
upbow
cock
circumgyrate
curve
wriggle
double up
ply
rotate
verge
retort
retire
bend over backwards
skew
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invaginate
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tilt
volvulate
swirl
entwist
teeter
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meander
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verb
- To bend or curve.
- To rein in.
- To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
- To crouch; to cringe.
- To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- To check, restrain or control.
- To bring to a stop beside a curb.
noun
- Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
- A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
- A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
- A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
- A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
adj
noun
verb
- To form a kink or twist.
- To laugh loudly.
- To be formed into a kink or twist.
- To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
noun
- A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
- A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
verb
- To bend; to incline; to give way.
- To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
- Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
- To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
- To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
noun
verb
- To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
- To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
- To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
- To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
- To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- To move or be moved by this method.
- To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
- To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
- To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
noun
- The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
- A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
- A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
- The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
- The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
- The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
- The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
- A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
- A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
noun
- Curving or bending movement, twists and turns.
- One complete turn of something wound.
- Something wound around something else.
- The manner in which something is wound.
- A length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer.
- The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around).
- Lapping.
adj
verb
- To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
- Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
- To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
- To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
noun
- A beam or rod providing support.
- An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
- An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
- A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
noun
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- A pothook.
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
verb
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
- To become bent or hooked.
- To bend, or form into a hook.
adj
verb
- To become bent or curved.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To debut.
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
noun
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
adj
verb
noun
- A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
- A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
- A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
- A point of view, an angle.
- A look, a glance.
- An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
- A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
- A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
- A sloped surface or line.
- A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
- A slope; an incline, inclination.
- A sloping surface in a culture medium.
- Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
- An oblique movement or course.
noun
verb
- To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
- To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- To erect; to turn up.
- To form into piles.
noun
- The penis.
- The circle at the end of the rink.
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- Vulva, vagina.
- Shuttlecock.
- A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
- A cock pigeon.
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
- A man; a fellow, especially as a term of address.
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- The indicator of a balance.
- A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
intj
verb
- To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
- To form into a bent or curved shape.
- To make circuits (around an area or space).
- To move around something.
- To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
- To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
- To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
noun
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an unforeseen development
- an interpretation of a text or action
- any clever maneuver
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a circular segment of a curve
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- a jerky pulling movement
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- the act of winding or twisting
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn in the opposite direction
- form into a spiral shape
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- do the twist
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
verb
- To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- To bend; to crook.
- To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
- To cause to swerve from a straight course.
noun
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
- An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- A one-dimensional continuum.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
noun
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- an unforeseen development
- a movement in a new direction
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
verb
- to change orientation or direction
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- undergo a change or development
- cause to move around or rotate
- change to the contrary
- pass to the other side of
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- move around an axis or a center
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- to send or let go
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- change color
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- accomplish by rotating
- get by buying and selling
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- alter the functioning or setting of
- direct at someone
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- go sour or spoil
- become officially one year older
verb
- To bend, bend over; to fold; to stoop.
- To employ double the usual resources for a particular purpose.
- To double one's amount of chips by winning an all-in pot.
- To have a secondary use.
- To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
- To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught
verb
- To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- To work at (something) diligently.
- To press upon; to urge persistently.
- To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
- To travel over (a route) regularly.
- To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
noun
verb
- To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- To spin, turn, or revolve.
- To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
- To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
adj
verb
noun
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- An edge or border.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
verb
- To bend or curve back.
- To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
- To heat in a retort.
- To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.
- To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
noun
- A pressure cooker.
- A crematory furnace.
- A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
- An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
- A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
verb
- To recede; to fall or bend back.
- To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
- To cease use or production of something.
- To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
- To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
- To go to bed.
- To withdraw; to take away.
- To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
- To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
- To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
- To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
- To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.
noun
verb
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
adj
- Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
noun
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
adv
adv
verb
- To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- To point or thrust (a weapon).
- To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
- To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
- To charge (at someone) with a lance.
- To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
- To be at an angle.
- To point or thrust a weapon at.
- To cover with a tilt, or awning.
noun
- An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
- A jousting contest. (countable)
- A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
- Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
- The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
- A thrust, as with a lance.
- A tilt hammer.
- A slope or inclination.
- The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
adv
noun
- A bend or crease.
- A group of sheep or goats.
- A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Home, family.
- A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- An act of folding.
- That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
- The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
verb
- To stir gently, with a folding action.
- To fall over; to be crushed.
- To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- To give way on a point or in an argument.
- To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
- To become folded; to form folds.
- To withdraw from betting.
- To withdraw or quit in general.
- To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
- To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
- To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- To confine animals in a fold.
- Of a company, to cease to trade.
verb
- To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
- To make clear or effective.
- To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- to form a joint or connect by joints
- to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- Perplexity.
- One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
- A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
- A tortuous or winding journey.
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