distort
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”).
- borrowed from distortum
Definitions
To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
To become misshapen.
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.
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Distorted
Distorted; misshapen.
- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
The neighborhood
- neighbordistorted
- neighbordistortion
Derived
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.
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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