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contortion


 
  Grep  of  noun  contortion 
  contortion 
  contortionist 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contortion 
 
  The  noun  contortion  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  contortion,  deformation  --  (the  act  of  twisting  or  deforming  the  shape  of  something  (e.g.,  yourself)) 
  2.  (2)  tortuosity,  tortuousness,  torsion,  contortion,  crookedness  --  (a  tortuous  and  twisted  shape  or  position;  "they  built  a  tree  house  in  the  tortuosities  of  its  boughs";  "the  acrobat  performed  incredible  contortions") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contortion 
 
  The  noun  contortion  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  contortion,  deformation  --  (the  act  of  twisting  or  deforming  the  shape  of  something  (e.g.,  yourself)) 
  2.  (2)  tortuosity,  tortuousness,  torsion,  contortion,  crookedness  --  (a  tortuous  and  twisted  shape  or  position;  "they  built  a  tree  house  in  the  tortuosities  of  its  boughs";  "the  acrobat  performed  incredible  contortions") 



contortion definition