The meaning of Distorted

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

adjective

Away from the usual or expected course; amiss.

Usage examples:

I got the impression that something was awry

adjective

Not in the intended manner, or out of position, or wrong

Usage examples:

There are too many people involved, and something is bound to go awry.

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Usage examples:

The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

Usage examples:

The van screeched round a bend

noun

An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

Usage examples:

A narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

Usage examples:

A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

Usage examples:

The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Usage examples:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

Usage examples:

[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Usage examples:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

Usage examples:

He buckled his belt

noun

A fastener for a belt

Usage examples:

A silver buckle, [ t ] please buckle your seat belts., [ i ] after eight hours of hiking, our knees…

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

Usage examples:

He buckled his belt

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Usage examples:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

noun

A cake made with fruit (typically blueberries) and having a streusel topping.

Usage examples:

Finish off the meal with a blueberry buckle for dessert

proper noun

The capital of the pre-inca civilization of the chimu. its extensive adobe ruins are situated on the coast of north peru.

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

Usage examples:

The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of colour

noun

Red, blue, green, yellow, etc.

Usage examples:

What's your favourite colour?, she wears a lot of bright colours., what colour are your eyes?, in a…

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

verb

To (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form

Usage examples:

His face contorted with bitterness and rage.

adjective

Twisted or bent out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

Contorted limbs

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

adjective

Twisted or bent in a way that does not seem natural

Usage examples:

His face was contorted in anger.

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape or out of place.

Usage examples:

His teeth were yellow and crooked

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Not straight or not even; twisted, bent, or uneven

Usage examples:

That dog’s tail is crooked., your glasses are on crooked., their efforts centered on crooked deals …

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Usage examples:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

verb

To change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure

Usage examples:

Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen.

Usage examples:

His deformed hands

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Usage examples:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

adjective

Spoiled by not having a usual or regular shape or structure

Usage examples:

The shale in this area is deformed and folding of the rock can be seen., the child was born with a …

verb

Spoil the appearance of.

Usage examples:

Litter disfigures the countryside

verb

To spoil completely the appearance of someone or something

Usage examples:

She was horribly disfigured by burns.

verb

Spoil the appearance of.

Usage examples:

Litter disfigures the countryside

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Usage examples:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Usage examples:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Usage examples:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.

Usage examples:

The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice

noun

A garbled account or transmission.

Usage examples:

Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble

verb

To make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand

Usage examples:

It's bad when phones garble conversations.

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) abnormally formed; misshapen.

Usage examples:

Her ribs are malformed

adjective

(used especially of part of the body) wrongly formed

Usage examples:

There are genetic defects which can cause malformed teeth., the shells of the snails appeared to be…

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

Usage examples:

The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

Usage examples:

‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

Usage examples:

The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Usage examples:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Usage examples:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

verb

Give a false or inaccurate account of (something).

Usage examples:

The press exaggerated and misreported the response to the film

noun

A false or incorrect report.

Usage examples:

I am also curious as to whether those reports did in fact report movement of the ship, or whether i…

verb

To make known information that is not completely true or correct

Usage examples:

The magazine misreported its sales figures in order to boost advertising revenue.

verb

Give a false or misleading account of the nature of.

Usage examples:

You are misrepresenting what i said

verb

To represent something or someone falsely, often in order to obtain an advantage

Usage examples:

He misrepresented facts about his legal experience on his application.

verb

To give false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Usage examples:

She believes that the defendant's lawyers misrepresented the situation., be misrepresented (by sb/i…

verb

Shape or form badly or wrongly.

Usage examples:

A new novel about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult

noun

A misshapen chocolate or other item of food, sold cheaply.

Usage examples:

She brought home bags of misshapes

adjective

Not having the normal or natural shape or form.

Usage examples:

Misshapen fruit

adjective

Having a shape that is not natural

Usage examples:

His knee is badly misshapen from years of football and seven operations.

verb

Make wrong or inaccurate statements about.

Usage examples:

To say that he was alone misstates the case

verb

To state something that is false or not accurate

Usage examples:

The quarterly report misstated the amount of grant money distributed., misstate facts/numbers/figures

verb

To express a fact that is not correct

Usage examples:

Yesterday's obituary of randall m. klose misstated the date of his death.

verb

Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something).

Usage examples:

He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

noun

A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

verb

To change something from its correct use or original purpose

Usage examples:

These journalists are perverting the news., the will of the people is being perverted by their elec…

noun

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Usage examples:

Prejudice against people from different backgrounds

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

Usage examples:

The statement might prejudice the jury

noun

An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge

Usage examples:

[ u ] racial prejudice, [ c ] the experience merely confirmed all his prejudices about living in th…

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked.

Usage examples:

His hat looked slightly skew

noun

An oblique angle; a slant.

Usage examples:

The most important effect of the skew in angle is the raised plateau of entrance court created in t…

verb

Suddenly change direction or position.

Usage examples:

The car had skewed across the track

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

Usage examples:

The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A rapid turning or whirling motion.

Usage examples:

He concluded the dance with a double spin

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

adjective

Forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled.

Usage examples:

The crash left a trail of twisted metal across the carriageway

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

adjective

Unusual and strange; perverse

Usage examples:

The letter was clearly written by someone with a twisted mind., he missed the first game of the sea…

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Moisture had warped the box

noun

A twist or distortion in the shape of something.

Usage examples:

The head of the racket had a curious warp

verb

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight

Usage examples:

[ t ] water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring., the novel is an appraisa…

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Warped wooden planks

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Moisture had warped the box

adjective

Strange and unpleasant

Usage examples:

I shouldn't really laugh about the accident - it's my warped sense of humour!, in their warped mind…

noun

A sudden violent twist or pull.

Usage examples:

With a wrench tony wriggled free

verb

Pull or twist suddenly and violently.

Usage examples:

Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand

verb

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

verb

Forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp.

Usage examples:

Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold

noun

A key for tuning a harp or piano.

Usage examples:

With respect to the harp, he produces the sharps, flats, quarter-notes, or any intermediate variati…

verb

To obtain something with difficulty, effort, or violence

Usage examples:

Shareholders will try to wrest control of the company from the current management.

verb

Squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it.

Usage examples:

She wrung the cloth out in the sink

noun

An act of squeezing or twisting something.

Usage examples:

I rinse my brush in hot water, warm water and then give it a slight "wring".

verb

To twist something by holding it tightly and turning your hands in opposite directions

Usage examples:

[ m ] she wrung out the shirt and hung it up to dry.