contort(v = verb.contact) deform, distort, wring - twist and press out of shape;
is one way to distort, twine, twist
Derived forms noun contortion₁, noun contortion₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

   To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest. [1913 Webster]
"The vertebral arteries are variously contorted." [1913 Webster]
"Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed." [1913 Webster]

contort, v.tr. twist or force out of normal shape.

Etymology:
L contorquere contort- (as COM-, torquere twist)

VB  distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.

VB  be convoluted, wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl, wave, undulate, meander, inosculate, entwine, intwine, twist, coil, roll, wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill, frizzle, crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort, contort, wreathe.