writhe

Definitions


[rʌɪð], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body
(e.g: he writhed in agony on the ground)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English wrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord’, of Germanic origin; related to wreathe




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