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English verb: distort | |||
| 1. | distort (communication) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | ||
| Synonyms | falsify, garble, warp | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | belie, misrepresent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mangle, murder, mutilate | ||
| 2. | distort (contact) form into a spiral shape | ||
| Samples | The cord is all twisted. | ||
| Synonyms | twine, twist | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change form, change shape, deform | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | contort, deform, distort, enlace, entangle, entwine, interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace, mat, snarl, spin, tangle, twine, weave, wrench, wring, wring | ||
| Antonyms | untwist | ||
| 3. | distort (contact) twist and press out of shape | ||
| Synonyms | contort, deform, wring | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distort, twine, twist | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | morph | ||
| Verb group | wrench, wring, wring | ||
| 4. | distort (communication) affect as in thought or feeling | ||
| Samples | My personal feelings color my judgment in this case. The sadness tinged his life. | ||
| Synonyms | color, colour, tinge | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | ||
| 5. | distort (change) alter the shape of (something) by stress | ||
| Samples | His body was deformed by leprosy. | ||
| Synonyms | deform, strain | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jaundice | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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