writhe

(Anglais)

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹaɪð/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: writhen

Hérité de ancien anglais: wrīþan

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: writen

Appartenant à allemand: reiden

Appartenant à danois: vride

Appartenant à suédois: vrida

Appartenant à français: rider

Appartenant à lituanien: 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”).

Concepts

se tortiller

se débattre

se démener

se tordre

frémir

tortiller

tordre

ver

🪱

se contorsionner

Synonymes

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

Traductions

spartelen

retorcer

worstelen

zich aftobben

convulsione

تضور

contorcer

συσπώ

σφαδάζω

συσπώμαι

krümmen

kronkelen

trenar

sich winden

contorcimento