“twist” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. a thing which has been twisted ○ Put a twist of lemon (peel) in the drink. ○ the twists and turns of the road through the mountains ○ It is difficult to follow the twists and turns of government policy. 2. a different way of telling a story ○ He put a new twist on the story about the princess. ■ verb 1. to turn in different directions ○ The path twisted between the fields. 2. to wind something round something ○ She twisted the string round a piece of stick. □ to twist someone round your little finger to make someone do what you want (informal.) 3. to bend a joint in the wrong way ○ She twisted her ankle running to catch the bus. □ to twist someone’s arm to put pressure on someone to persuade them to do what you want (informal.) ○ I had to twist his arm to get him to lend me his car.

brandy and gin mixed.

capacity for eating, appetite; “He’s got a capital TWIST.”

v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Twisting.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr. twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See Twice, Two.]
1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve. “Twist it into a serpentine form.” Pope.
2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as to twist a passage cited from an author.
3. To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as to twist a shaft.
4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts. ´Longing to twist bays with that ivy.´ Waller. “There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of flame.” T. Burnet.
5. To wind into; to insinuate; — used reflexively; as avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
6. To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as to twist yarn or thread. Shak.
7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up. “Was it not to this end
That thou began’st to twist so fine a story?” Shak.
8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as to twist wool or cotton.

v. i. 1. To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as some strands will twist more easily than others.
2. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.