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noun
- (context, knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
verb (writhes, writhing, writhed or wrothe, writhed or writhen)
- 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).
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Etymology: Old English wrÄían
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