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.
Word Root of distort. The Latin word torquÄre, meaning âto twist,â and its form tortus give us the root tort. Words from the Latin torquÄre have something to do with twisting. A retort, or angry reply to another's words, twists those words back at the person. To contort is to twist the body in unusual ways.