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| dis·tort [ di stáwrt ] (past and past participle dis·tort·ed, present participle dis·tort·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·torts) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb alter shape: to bend, twist, stretch, or force something out of its usual or natural shape, or be made to do this
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2. transitive verb give inaccurate report of something: to describe or report something in an inaccurate or misleading way
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3. transitive verb make something unclear or unrecognizable: to change something such as an image in such a way that it becomes unclear or unrecognizable
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4. transitive verb electronics reproduce signal inaccurately: to amplify or reproduce something such as a radio or television signal inaccurately to the extent that it becomes unclear or unrecognizable
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| [15th century. < Latin distort-, past participle of distorquere "twist completely" < torquere "twist"] |
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  dis·tort·ed adjective |
| dis·tort·er noun |
| dis·tor·tive adjective |
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