contort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb twist and press out of shape
    wring; distort; deform.

WordNet

Con*tort" transitive verb
Etymology
L. contortus, p.p. of contorquere to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.
Definitions
  1. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
    The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray.
    Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1913