ENGLISH: distort - CREOLE: defòme



Overview of verb distort



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")

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