writhe

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To twist, wring (something).
2. (transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
3. (intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
4. (transitive) To extort.

Noun

1. (rare) A contortion.
2. The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

Conceptes

trenar

retorçar

torçar

serpejar

cargolar-se

retòrcer

tòrcer

serpentejar

Sinònims

wriggle

squirm

twist

struggle

roll

twitch

wrestle

slither

convulse

worm

🪱

toss about

twist and turn

wind

turn

wiggle

jerk

jiggle

joggle

rear up

restless

roll around

shake

🫨

shimmy

slide

slip

snake

🐍

sneak away

spasm

spiral

squirming

throw oneself about

tweak

twiddle

twine

wag

wallow

wobble

wreathe

wring

kick about

moan and groan

move about

move slowly

roll about

thrash about

circumvolute

twist about

agitated

roll in pain

bend

Traduccions

se débattre

worstelen

se tortiller

spartelen

retorcer

se démener

zich aftobben

kronkelen

se tordre

contorcimento

σφαδάζω

συσπώμαι

تضور

convulsione

sich winden

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɹaɪð/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: writhen

Heretat de anglès antic: wrīþan

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: writen

Cognat amb alemany: reiden

Cognat amb danès: vride

Cognat amb suec: vrida

Cognat amb francès: rider

Cognat amb lituà: riēsti

In summary

From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).