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Word: writhe
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Meaning:
Noun:
- knot theory The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
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Verb:
- To extort; to wring; to wrest.
- To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony (''also figuratively'').
- To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
- To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
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