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изкривявам — meaning in English

izkrivyavam

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English meaning

  • contort verb To twist in a violent manner.
  • curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
  • distort verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
  • garble verb To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
  • skew verb To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  • warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.
  • wry adjective Dryly humorous, often in a way that shows you know a situation is awkward or difficult; ironic.

Senses

изкривявам is used for these senses in English:

  • curve (transitive) To bend; to crook.
  • distort (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
  • garble To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
  • skew (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  • warp (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
  • wry (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.

contort — full definition

  1. verb To twist in a violent manner.
  2. verb To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

curve — full definition

  1. noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
  2. verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
  3. noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.

Related Bulgarian words