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Meaning of distort

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  distort
      v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
           story [syn: {falsify}, {distort}, {garble}, {warp}]
      2: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn:
         {twist}, {twine}, {distort}] [ant: {untwist}]
      3: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform},
         {distort}, {wring}]
      4: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
         my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
         [syn: {tinge}, {color}, {colour}, {distort}]
      5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was
         deformed by leprosy" [syn: {deform}, {distort}, {strain}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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