writhe

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

retorcer

retorcerse

torcer

serpentear

encabritarse

agitar

contorsionar

conmover

debatirse

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

se tortiller

se débattre

worstelen

spartelen

zich aftobben

se démener

convulsione

se tordre

kronkelen

συσπώμαι

συσπώ

σφαδάζω

تضور

contorcimento

krümmen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹaɪð/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: writhen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: wrīþan

Cognado con neerlandés medio: writen

Cognado con alemán: reiden

Cognado con danés: vride

Cognado con sueco: vrida

Cognado con francés: rider

Cognado con lituano: 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”).