The verb distort has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) falsify, distort, garble, warp -- (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)
2. (1) twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted")
3. contort, deform, distort, wring -- (twist and press out of shape)
4. tinge, color, colour, distort -- (affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life")
5. deform, distort, strain -- (alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy")