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you writhe, how you coil in and out, sweet adder, with supple and spotted
skin! — The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete;
• (slither)- to slide down or along a surface, esp. unsteadily, from side to
side, or with some friction or noise, ( );
Some of the really adventurous folks even slithered under the ice formations
to enter the smallest of caves;
• (squirm)- to wriggle or writhe, ( );
• to feel or display discomfort or distress, as from reproof, embarrassment,
pain, etc., (( , ) );
Frantically he squirmed, whirled, and lashed about, but in vain. — Roof and
Meadow;
• (swathe)- to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up
closely or fully, to bandage, ( , ); The body is swathed,
and rigid, in a large cloak with wide sleeves, and the richly-jewelled sheath of
a gown that betrays no feminine outline of figure. — The Cathedral;
• (convoluted)- to coil up; form into a twisted shape; At this point the story
gets even more convoluted, and you will have to read the book to see what
happens next, and how the boys eventually get home. — Adrift in a Boat;
• (wrestle)- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling);
• to contend or struggle; He never could be got to wrestle, though I challenged
him more than once. — Richard Carvel;
• (wrest)- to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist, (
; ); Portugal and Spain were
plunged in civil wars, the pretenders, Don Miguel and Don Carlos,
attempting to wrest the scepter from the hands of the constitutional queens.
— Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century;
• (worm)- to move or act like a worm; creep, crawl, or advance slowly or
stealthily;
• (twist)- to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together;
intertwine, ( ; ; ); He gave one end of the rod a twist,
and short spikes appeared on the opposite end. — Nemesis;
• (distort)- to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed, (
); This place has been known to distort reality a little bit. — The Best
Revenge;
• (torsion)- the act of twisting or turning; Their backs stained, turning the
windlass, winding that huge torsion-powered device taut. — Renegades Of
Gor;