Word Definition

Distort

  1. Distorted; misshapen.
  2. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
  3. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
  4. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.