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distort (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: distortus, past participle of distorquere 'to twist out of shape']
[I and T] to change the appearance, sound, or shape of something so that it is strange or unclear
::Tall buildings can distort radio signals.
[T] to report something in a way that is not completely true or correct
::His account was badly distorted by the press.
[T] to change a situation from the way it would naturally be
::an expensive subsidy which distorts the market
-- distorted adj
::His face was distorted in anger.
-- distortion /dI5stC:FEn ?@ -C:r-/ n [U and C]
::a gross distortion of the facts