vääristyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• distort verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
• warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

vääristyä is used for these senses in English:

• distort (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
• warp (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.

distort — full definition

1. verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
2. verb To give a false or misleading version of the truth.

warp — full definition

1. noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.
2. noun The lengthwise threads on a loom, crossed by the weft to make woven fabric.
3. noun (in science fiction) A means of traveling faster than light, or a distortion in space and time.
4. verb To bend or twist something out of its original shape, or to become bent this way.

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