writhe

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English wrīþan

[edit] Noun

Singular
writhe

Plural
writhes

writhe (plural writhes)

  1. (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to writhe

Third person singular
writhes

Simple past
writhed or wrothe

Past participle
writhed or writhen

Present participle
writhing

to writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or wrothe, past participle writhed or writhen)

  1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
  2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
  3. To extort; to wring; to wrest.
  4. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively).

Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

[edit] Translations

To twist or contort the body

[edit] Anagrams

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