Definizione monolingua

writhe

writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or wrothe, past participle writhed or writhen)

1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
3. To extort; to wring; to wrest.
4. (intransitive) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively).
   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpools players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.

writhe (plural writhes)

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

Definizione dizionario writhe

contorcimento

convulsione

lottare

storcere

torcere

Altri significati:

To extort; to wring; to wrest.

(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively).

To wrest; to distort; to pervert.

To twist or contort the body

To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.