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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Contortion (0.02073 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Contortion.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: contortion
contortion
n 1: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something
(e.g., yourself) [syn:
deformation]
2: a tortuous and twisted shape or position;
“they built a tree
house in the tortuosities of its boughs”;
“the acrobat
performed incredible contortions” [syn:
tortuosity,
tortuousness,
torsion,
crookedness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Contortion
Contortion
\Con*tor"tion\ (k[o^]n*t[^o]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
contortio: cf. F. contorsion. See
Contort, and cf.
Torsion.]
A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the
contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
All the contortions of the sibyl, without the
inspiration. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
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