Obituary. REIMER, James (Jim) CorneliusJuly 21, 1939 - December 3, 2011James (Jim) Cornelius Reimer of Calgary, AB passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 3, 2011 while wintering in Mexico. He was born on July 21, 1939 in Steinbach, Manitoba.
Distort means to twist out of shape. When you look at a tree through a twisting kaleidoscope, you distort its image, making its branches and leaves look wavy and misshapen. Distort is a verb that means to change the shape of something. You can distort pretzel dough by twisting it into the shape of an S instead of a normal pretzel shape. You can also distort, or change, the meaning of something.
This is not to distort words from their established and usual meaning but only to apply them as they must be applied. The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 Various. But fashion and the absence of models cramp and distort his work. A History of English Literature George Saintsbury. All physical materials can be loaded or stressed to a certain point beyond which they distort, snap, fracture, or break.