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Definition of Distort

1. Verb. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.

2. Verb. Form into a spiral shape. "The cord is all twisted"

3. Verb. Twist and press out of shape.

4. Verb. Affect as in thought or feeling. "The sadness tinged his life"

5. Verb. Alter the shape of (something) by stress. "His body was deformed by leprosy"

Definition of Distort

1. a. Distorted; misshapen.

2. v. t. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

Definition of Distort

1. to twist or bend out of shape [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Distort

1. 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. Synonym: To twist, wrest, deform, pervert. Origin: Distorted; Distorting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distort

distoincisal distolabial distolabiopulpal distolingual distolinguo-occlusal distoma distomatosis distome distomes distomiasis

distomolar Distomum distoplacement distopulpal distort (current term) distort (current term) distortable distorted distorted shape distorter

distorters distorting distortion distortion distortional distortionist distortions distortion aberration distorts distoversion

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