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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contorted \Con*tort"ed\, a. 1. Twisted, or twisted together. ``A contorted chain of icicles.'' --Massinger. 2. (Bot.) a Twisted back upon itself as some parts of plants. b Arranged so as to overlap each other as petals in contorted or convolute [ae]stivation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contorted adj 1: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott [syn: {writhed}, {writhen}] 2: strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders" [syn: {distorted}, {twisted}]
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