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to twist
  1. 1 to twist, to wrench, to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)
  2. 2 to twist (a body part), to bend, to sprain
  3. 3 to strangle (to death), to wring (an animal's neck)
  4. 4 to defeat easily, to beat
  5. 5 to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate, to make peculiar, to make complicated
  6. 6 to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)
  7. 7 to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.

    sense 2 · to twist (a body part)

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