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twist and turn

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contort collapse: twist and press out of shape

whorl collapse

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

squirm collapse

writhe collapse: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

go astray collapse

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

turn inside out collapse

introvert collapse: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts; turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

rotate collapse: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"; perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"; cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"; exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

wriggle collapse

divagate collapse

turn in collapse: make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate"

twirl collapse: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

flip out collapse

revolve collapse: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

crinkle collapse

invert collapse: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"

twine collapse: make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"; coil around; "Wisteria twining the fence posts"

corkscrew collapse: a bottle opener that pulls corks; move in a spiral or zigzag course

refract collapse: determine the refracting power of (a lens); subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"

crumple collapse

turn down collapse: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

contortion collapse: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

toss and turn collapse

err collapse: to make a mistake or be incorrect

disincline collapse

wamble collapse: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

deform collapse: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"; become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"; make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

supinate collapse: turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

wander collapse: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

palpitate collapse: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"; cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

rove collapse

propensity collapse

turn about collapse

turn upside down collapse

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