Dis·tort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
    Whose face was distorted with pain.   --Thackeray.
 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
    Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.   --Tillotson.
 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
 Syn: -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

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