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(noun) threads arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof |
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Related Words: thread, yarn |
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(noun) a moral or mental distortion |
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Synonyms: warping |
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Related Words: deformation, distortion |
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(noun) a shape distorted by twisting or folding |
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Synonyms: buckle |
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Related Words: distorted shape, distortion |
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(noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting |
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Synonyms: deflection |
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Related Words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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(verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave" |
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Synonyms: buckle, heave |
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Related Words: change surface, lift |
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(verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story |
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Synonyms: distort, falsify, garble |
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Related Words: belie, misrepresent |
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