distort

verb
/dɪˈstɔːt/UK/dɪˈstoɹt/CA/dɪˈstoːt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”).

  1. borrowed from distortum

Definitions

  1. To bring something out of shape, to misshape.

  2. To become misshapen.

  3. To give a false or misleading account of

    To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.

    • In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Distorted

      Distorted; misshapen.

      • Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at distort. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at distort. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at distort

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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