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Meanings of twist in English
Portuguese
nó de trança Catalan
trena 
Synonyms
Examples for "braid"
Examples for "braid"
1
Draw the pattern, and sew on the braid; edge with button-hole stitch.
2
At the sight of the gold braid Cyprien stood up and saluted.
3
Her long red braid hung down behind her, bouncing as she rode.
4
I think that braid makes all-too-useful a handle in an unfair fight.
5
Then the two turned their attention to the neglected braid of hair.
1
He held the tip, playfully swishing the long plait to and fro.
2
Amy bent over the plate and chose the largest, beautiful white plait.
3
One of her braids, she noted, had come out of its plait.
4
At the end of the plait she attached an ornamental jade ring.
5
No one looks at us while we plait and weave these words.
1
In the letter was enclosed a long, silken tress of golden hair.
2
The tress of hair was long and soft and shining and black.
3
The gentle night breeze blew a tress of hair across his lips.
4
I wonder-She fastened the last dark tress of hair, still wondering.
5
It refers to a closely curled tress that exhibits a zigzag pattern.
Usage of twist in English
1
More recently, the argument has - unsurprisingly - taken an environmental twist.
2
The fire makes the red rose in his hand glow and twist.
3
A final twist in the tale appears to have taken place since.
4
Just managed twist out of way so it struck tree just behind.
5
Politically, the opposition True Finns party is seeking to twist the knife.
6
Just let Belle try to find a way to twist that one!
7
You should know-beingthe subject of them-thatstories twist what truly happened.
8
The tease of a better idea, a better line, a better twist.
9
Jo's just started on a chess set with a New Zealand twist.
10
All Victoria wanted was a simple French twist, so she went first.
11
These plot lines come straight from recent books -with a twist.
12
Government Ministers tying themselves into knots trying to sell the latest twist.
13
Jeremy stared at my desktop for a moment, contemplating this new twist.
14
Great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind.
15
And tonight you get the same treatment, with a slightly different twist.
16
Give me an end of it that we may twist it; so.
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Translations for twist
Portuguese
Catalan
Russian
Twist through the time
Twist across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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