writhe

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

writhes

V_ing/Gerund

writhing

V_ed/pp

writhedwrothe

1.
(transitive)To twist, wring (something).
2.
(transitive)To contort (a part of the body).
3.
(intransitive)To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
4.
(transitive)To extort.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

writhes

1.
(rare)A contortion.
2.
(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

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writhingly writhedly writher

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (to weave, twist, turn), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (to twist, writhe). Cognate with writen, dialectal reiden, vride, vrida, rider. Compare also riēsti.