Etymology: [ 'rI[th] ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþanan 'to twist, turn' (cf. Old High German rīdan 'to turn', Old Norse ríða 'to wind'), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Lithuanian riēsti 'to unbend, wind, roll').
The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot, To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring, To wrest; to distort; to pervert, To extort; to wring; to wrest, To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively), writhing movement, twisting of the body; contorting in pain; wriggling, squirming, contorting, Also used figuratively, If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort. He was writhing in agony The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free. to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain writhe in pain/agony etc, To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony, to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace", twist; be tormented (by pain); bend, past of writhe, twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott, third-person singular of writhe, plural of writhe, present participle of writhe, having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes",
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The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
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To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring
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To wrest; to distort; to pervert
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To extort; to wring; to wrest
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To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively)
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writhing movement, twisting of the body; contorting in pain; wriggling, squirming, contorting isim
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Also used figuratively
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If you writhe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort. He was writhing in agony The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free. to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain writhe in pain/agony etc
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To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony
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to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
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twist; be tormented (by pain); bend fiil
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writhed
past of writhe
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writhed
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
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writhes
third-person singular of writhe
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writhes
plural of writhe
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writhing
present participle of writhe
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writhing
having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
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