distorcere — meaning in English

English meaning

• bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
• distort verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
• skew verb To turn or set something at a slant rather than straight.
• strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
• warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

distorcere is used for these senses in English:

• bias (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
• distort (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
• distort (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
• skew (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
• strain (ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
• warp (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.

bias — full definition

1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

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.

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