изкривявам — meaning in English
izkrivyavam
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
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
- verb To twist in a violent manner.
- verb To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
curve — full definition
- noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
- verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
- noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.