Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
2) v. t. - To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
3) v. t. - To extort; to wring; to wrest.
4) v. i. - To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.