twist

/twɪst/ v [I/T] (TURN)

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› to turn repeatedly, or to combine thin lengths of a material by turning or wrapping: [I] A river twists through the valley. [I] Vines twisted around the trunk of the old tree. › If you twist a part of your body, you hurt it by turning it awkwardly: [T] He twisted his knee in the game on Saturday.

(Definition of twist v (TURN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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