Twist - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result.

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He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie

verb

Alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard

verb

To change something slightly to make it fit, work better, or be more suitable

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[ t ] adjust the angle of your monitor so you can easily read it., [ i ] you need time to adjust to…

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

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The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

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The van screeched round a bend

noun

An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

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A narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield

idiom

To become very angry or upset

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I'm not getting bent out of shape because people don't respect my opinion. i'm used to that.

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

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Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

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He buckled his belt

noun

A fastener for a belt

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A silver buckle, [ t ] please buckle your seat belts., [ i ] after eight hours of hiking, our knees…

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

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He buckled his belt

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

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Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

noun

A cake made with fruit (typically blueberries) and having a streusel topping.

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Finish off the meal with a blueberry buckle for dessert

noun

A length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.

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A coil of rope

verb

Arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.

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He began to coil up the heavy ropes

noun

A confusion or turmoil.

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But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the national health s…

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

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A spasm of pain contorted his face

verb

To (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form

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His face contorted with bitterness and rage.

noun

A twisted or bent condition, state, or form.

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Their facial contortions are hilarious

noun

The action of twisting or bending violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form, or the shape or form into which something is twisted or bent

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Facial/bodily contortions, the app allows you to stretch pictures of your face into weird contortio…

noun

A strange and unnatural way of thinking about or saying something, or the result of this

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He called on the government to end its linguistic contortions and say clearly that the proposed pri…

noun

A device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it.

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Then he puts the bottle between his legs and inserts an old fashioned corkscrew, pulls and tugs bef…

verb

Move or twist in a spiral motion.

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The plane was corkscrewing towards the earth

noun

A device for removing corks from bottles, that consists of a handle with a twisted metal rod to push into the cork and pull it out

verb

Crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.

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He crumpled up the paper bag

noun

A crushed fold, crease, or wrinkle.

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The initial sense of containment and propriety is reassuring but after 10 minutes the stains start …

verb

To become, or cause something to become, full of folds that are not equal in size

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This shirt crumples easily.

adjective

Crushed to form creases and wrinkles.

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A crumpled sheet

verb

Crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.

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He crumpled up the paper bag

adjective

Full of folds

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Crumpled clothes, the crumpled charm of linen

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

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The front of his car was crushed in the collision

noun

A crowd of people pressed closely together.

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A number of youngsters fainted in the crush

verb

To press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed

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The package got crushed in the mail., her car was crushed by a falling tree., i was crushed because…

adjective

Deformed, pulverized, or forced inwards by compression.

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Crushed trousers and a crumpled jacket

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

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The front of his car was crushed in the collision

verb

Past simple and past participle of crush

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The package had been badly crushed in the post., add three cloves of crushed garlic., his arm was b…

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

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Her fingers curled round the microphone

noun

Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.

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Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

noun

A piece of hair that grows or has been formed into a curving shape, or something that is the same shape as this

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Tight/loose curls, in curls her hair fell in curls over her shoulders., curls of smoke were rising …

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

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The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

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Her mouth curved in a smile

verb

To form or move in the direction of a line that turns continuously and has no straight parts, or to cause something to do this

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[ i ] the road curves around the cemetery., a curve in a road

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

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He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

verb

To change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure

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Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

verb

To spoil the usual and true shape of something

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Age deforms the spine.

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen.

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His deformed hands

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

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He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

adjective

Spoiled by not having a usual or regular shape or structure

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The shale in this area is deformed and folding of the rock can be seen., the child was born with a …

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

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A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

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Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

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Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

adjective

Pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted.

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Then he took a few steps in her direction, his face distorted with rage.

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

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A grimace distorted her mouth

adjective

Pulled into or appearing as a strange or unnatural shape

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His face was distorted in agony., everything looks distorted through the glass., this report gives …

noun

A common animal with four legs, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or ...

noun

A coil or skein of wool, hair, or other material.

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A thick hank of her blonde hair

noun

A thick piece, or a bunch (= a number of long pieces held together) of hair, thread, rope, etc.

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Hank of she cut off a hank of her hair., i ordered a few hanks of yarn for knitting.

noun

A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.

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A kink in the road

verb

Form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.

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The river kinks violently in a right angle

noun

A sharp twist or bend in something such as a wire or rope

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There was a kink in the hose and the water wouldn’t come through., the system will work fine once w…

noun

A mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key.

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The key turned firmly in the lock

verb

Fasten or secure (something) with a lock.

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She closed and locked her desk

noun

A piece of a person's hair that coils or hangs together.

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She pushed back a lock of hair

noun

A shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

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Make a loop in the twine

verb

Form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

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She looped her arms around his neck

noun

A circular shape made by something long and narrow in which the two ends cross each other, leaving an open space within

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A loop of thread from my sweater caught on a nail., the exit ramp makes a loop under the elevated h…

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

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The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

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‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

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The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

verb

Shape or form badly or wrongly.

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A new novel about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult

noun

A misshapen chocolate or other item of food, sold cheaply.

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She brought home bags of misshapes

adjective

Not having the normal or natural shape or form.

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Misshapen fruit

adjective

Having a shape that is not natural

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His knee is badly misshapen from years of football and seven operations.

noun

A crisp biscuit baked in the form of a knot or stick and flavoured with salt.

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And i can't think of any better vehicle for crunchy grains of coarse salt than pretzels.

verb

Twist, bend, or contort.

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He found the snake pretzeled into a tangle of knots

noun

A kind of hard or chewy bread, usually with salt on it, that is baked in the shape of a loose knot or stick

noun

A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour.

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They accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks

verb

(with reference to a person's mouth or eyebrow) move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement.

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His lips quirked disbelievingly

noun

An unusual habit or type of behavior, or something that is strange and unexpected

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A personality quirk, it’s just one of the quirks of living there., a quirky, offbeat sense of humor

noun

A lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped curl.

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Her hair fell loose in ringlets

noun

A curled piece of long hair

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Her hair hung down in ringlets.

verb

Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.

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The car rolled down into a ditch

noun

A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding.

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A roll of carpet

verb

Move by turning over or rotating

verb

Move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre.

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The wheel continued to rotate

verb

To turn around a fixed point, or to cause something to do this

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[ i ] the wheel rotates on an axle., [ t ] every 30 days we rotate shifts.

verb

To turn something in a circle, especially around a fixed point

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With the software you can zoom and rotate pictures., rotate between sb the chairmanship would rotat…

noun

The action of rotating about an axis or centre.

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The moon moves in the same direction as the earth's rotation

noun

The act of turning around a fixed point

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[ c ] two rotations of the dial opens the lock., crop rotation

noun

The process of regularly changing the person who does a particular job, so that it is done at different times by different people

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In rotation they all work the night shift in rotation., italy has rules on the mandatory rotation o…

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

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The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A rapid turning or whirling motion.

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He concluded the dance with a double spin

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

noun

A coupling between two parts enabling one to revolve without turning the other.

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Patented swivel axle keeps all three wheels on the ground even on sharp turns.

verb

Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel.

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He swivelled in the chair

verb

To turn around from a fixed point in order to face in another direction, or to turn something in this way

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[ i ] kennedy swiveled around in his seat., [ t ] he swiveled his face toward jack.

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

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The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

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A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Twist, move, or fiddle with (something), typically in a purposeless or nervous way.

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She twiddled the dials on the radio

noun

An act of twisting or fiddling with something.

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One twiddle of a button

verb

To move something about between your fingers without giving it your attention

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She kept twiddling her necklace.

verb

Spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly.

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She twirled in delight to show off her new dress

noun

An act of spinning.

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Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror

verb

To turn in a circle, or to cause something to do this

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[ i always + adv/prep ] skaters leapt and twirled on the ice., she does a twirl to show off her pre…

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

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Moisture had warped the box

noun

A twist or distortion in the shape of something.

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The head of the racket had a curious warp

verb

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight

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[ t ] water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring., the novel is an appraisa…

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

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Warped wooden planks

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

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Moisture had warped the box

adjective

Strange and unpleasant

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I shouldn't really laugh about the accident - it's my warped sense of humour!, in their warped mind…

noun

A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns.

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She traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger

adjective

Having the form of a zigzag; veering alternately to right and left.

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When chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course

adverb

So as to move right and left alternately.

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She drives zigzag across the city