capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

A continuous strand of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting, Informal A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale, Yarn made from Imperfectly carded stock, verb_ To tell a story, tell or spin a yarn, intransitive verb_ To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales

Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted, contorted, having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented, verb_ Simple past tense and past participle of twist

To wind together (two or more threads, for example) so as to produce a single strand, To make (one's way) in a tortuous manner, To alter the normal aspect of; contort, noun_ A loaf of bread or other bakery product made from pieces of dough twisted together, A complete rotation of the body around its vertical axis, as in diving and gymnastics, The state of being twisted into a spiral; torsional stress or strain

Past participle of throw, adjective_ caused to fall to the ground, twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread

Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth, Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament, A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt, intransitive verb_ To machine a thread on (a screw, nut, or bolt), To remove (body hair) by using a looped thread that has been wound tightly in the middle, To form a thread when dropped from a spoon, as boiling sugar syrup, transitive verb_ To pass a thread through the eye of, To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid

A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn, A wisp or lock of hair, a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides), verb_ bring to the ground, leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue, transitive verb_ To make or form (a rope, for example) by twisting strands together, To break a strand of (a rope, for example), intransitive verb_ To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground, To be stranded, as on a beach. Used of sea animals, To cause (a whale or other sea animal) to be unable to swim free from a beach or from shallow water

The amount of such twist, The state of one that lays eggs, Sexual intercourse, adjective_ Not of or belonging to a particular profession; nonprofessional, Of, relating to, or involving the laity, intransitive verb_ To place together (strands) to be twisted into rope, To put forward as a demand or an assertion, To impose as a burden or punishment

An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs, A string or small rope composed of several strands of thread or vegetable fiber, twisted or woven together, verb_ To furnish with cords, bind or tie with a cord, transitive verb_ To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment