English

Pronunciation
IPA|/raɪð/
audio|en-us-writhe.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪð|-aɪð

Etymology
Old English wrīþan

Noun
en-noun

1. context|knot theory The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

Verb
en-verb|writhes|writhing|writhed or wrothe|writhed or writhen

1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
3. To extort; to wring; to wrest.
4. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (also figuratively).

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Translations
trans-top|To twist or contort the body
Finnish: vääntelehtiä tuskissaan (to writhe in pain)
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