to contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.-hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.-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.-to wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.-to wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.-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.-hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.-to form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.-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.-to follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.-the act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.-the form given in twisting.-that which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.-a cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.-a kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.-a kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.-a roll of twisted dough, baked.-a little twisted roll of tobacco.-one of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.-a material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, damascus twist.-the spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.-a beverage made of brandy and gin.-a twig.