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anticlockwise | (of a direction) opposite to the way in which the hands of a clock move round. Stopcocks are opened by turning them anticlockwise. |
bend | Bend a joint. We cannot bend the rules even for Darren. |
bent | An area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges. A man of a religious bent. |
crimp | A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. Pliers will crimp wires together. |
curve | A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve. |
deviate | A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. The river was deviated to prevent flooding. |
distorted | Affected by electrical distortion. His report gives a distorted view of the meeting. |
flip | The act of flipping a coin. Given those odds one might as well flip a coin. |
garble | A garbled account or transmission. Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble. |
kink | Form a curl curve or kink. Take care to avoid kinking the wire. |
pervert | A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable. He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. |
revolve | Consider (something) repeatedly and from different angles. Her mind revolved the possibilities. |
rotate | Change the position of (tyres) on a motor vehicle to distribute wear. Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees. |
rotation | A transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin. The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation. |
slew | Of an electronic device undergo slewing. I was assaulted by the thump and slew of the van. |
somersault | Perform a somersault or make a similar movement accidentally. A backward somersault. |
spin | Fish with a spinner. Spiders spin a fine web. |
spiraling | In the shape of a coil. |
swerve | Change or cause to change direction abruptly. Do not make sudden swerves particularly around parked vehicles. |
swivel | Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel. He swivelled in the chair. |
twist | A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. Lets do the twist. |
twisted | (of a joint) injured by wrenching; sprained. A man with a twisted mind. |
veer | A sudden change of direction. An oil tanker that had veered off course. |
warped | Used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture. Warped wooden planks. |
whirl | Move or cause to move rapidly round and round. The event was all part of the mad social whirl. |
wind | Make a baby bring up wind after feeding by patting its back. An easterly wind. |
winding | The act of winding or twisting. Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase. |
worm | Screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack. It was unbearable that such a worm could be so successful. |
wrench | Turn something especially a nut or bolt with a wrench. It will be a real wrench to leave after eight years. |
wrest | Forcibly pull (something) from a person’s grasp. Wrest power from the old government. |
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