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Verbs (14)

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

color, colour, distort

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

contort, deform, distort, wring

v. twist and press out of shape

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Fuzzynyms (126)

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

wreathe, wind

v. form into a wreath

braid, pleach

v. form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair"

plait

v. weave into plaits; "plait hair"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

yank, jerk

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

deform, distort, strain

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

relax, unbend

v. make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

forge, fake, counterfeit

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

imitate

v. make a reproduction or copy of

sophisticate, doctor, doctor up

v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

abuse

v. use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"

fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

scramble, jumble, throw together

v. bring into random order

stump

v. remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

slur

v. utter indistinctly

mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate

v. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

wring

v. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"

lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

deform, distort, strain

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

relax, unbend

v. make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

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Antonyms (4)

untwist

v. cause to become untwisted

straighten, straighten out

v. make straight

clarify

v. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

distort

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