Distort

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  • transitive verb. To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape.
  • transitive verb. To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate.
  • transitive verb. To cause distortion in (a signal or waveform, for example).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Twisted out of shape; distorted.
  • To twist or wrest out of shape; alter the shape of; change from the proper to an improper or unnatural shape; represent by an image having a shape somewhat different from nature.
  • Hence—2. To turn away or pervert; cause to give or to receive erroneous views or impressions; mislead; bias.
  • To wrest from the true meaning; pervert the truth regarding; misrepresent.
  • Synonyms and To contort, deform, bend.
  • To misapply, misuse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Distorted; misshapen.
  • transitive verb. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically.
  • transitive verb. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
  • transitive verb. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To bring something out of shape.
  • verb. To become misshapen.
  • verb. To give a false or misleading account of
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. affect as in thought or feeling
  • verb. form into a spiral shape
  • verb. alter the shape of (something) by stress
  • verb. twist and press out of shape
  • verb. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
  • Word Usage
    "Every word has a specific meaning that will be twisted to distort from the true menaing and intent or to veil it in a shroud of uncertainty."
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