twist
/twɪst/ verbTranslation
TURN [T] › to turn something using your hand
döndürmek, dönmek
She sat there nervously twisting the ring around on her finger.1627BEND [T] › to bend and turn something many times and change its shape
bükmek, kıvırmak, burkmak, bükülmek
The wheels of the bike had been twisted in the accident.1626TURN YOUR BODY [I, T] › to turn part of your body to face a different direction
döndürmek; dönmek; başka bir yöne dönmek
She twisted her head so she could see what was happening.1627CHANGE DIRECTION [I] › If a road, river, etc twists, it has a lot of bends in it.
(yol, nehir) kıvrılmak, dönmek,
The path twisted and turned up the side of the mountain.1626INJURE [T] › If you twist a part of your body, such as your knee, you injure it by turning it suddenly.
burkmak, bükmek
590CHANGE MEANING [T] › to unfairly change the meaning of something that someone has said
çarpıtmak, saptırmak;
Journalists had twisted his remarks. → See also twist sb's arm13351053(Definition of twist verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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