twist
verb (used with object)
to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
am twisting
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present progressiveof twist (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I have buried the hatchet; I am twisting an allumette out of one of you now, and relighting my calumet.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
