A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
A one-dimensional continuum.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
The attractive shape of a woman's body.
A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
To bend; to crook.
To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
(slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
To cause to swerve from a straight course.
A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
A twisting force.
The form given in twisting.
An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
A small roll of tobacco.
A sprain, especially to the ankle.
A girl, a woman.
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
A rotation of the body when diving.
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
To turn a knob etc.
To join together by twining one part around another.
To wind into; to insinuate.
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
To cause to rotate.
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
To coax.
To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).