meaning of contorted
1. Twisted, or twisted together.
2. Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.
3. Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation.
4. strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel
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