twist

ot noun

1. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together. Damascus twist
2. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination. a twist toward fanaticism
3. A twisting force.
4. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.

fe’l verb

1. To wind into; to insinuate. Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
2. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
3. To join together by twining one part around another.
4. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.