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warp

n. yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof

deflection

n. a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

buckle

n. a shape distorted by twisting or folding

warping

n. a moral or mental distortion

falsify, distort, garble

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

heave, buckle

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

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kris, creese, crease

n. a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

kink

n. a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out"

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"

change shape, change form, deform

v. assume a different shape or form

cripple, stultify

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

maim

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

mangle, mutilate, murder

v. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"

twist, twine, distort

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

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"

wring

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

misdirect, misaddress

v. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

deform, distort, strain

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

prejudice, prepossess

v. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

twist

v. form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

billow, surge, heave

v. rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"

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straighten, straighten out

v. make straight

clarify

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

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