a. - Distorted; misshapen.
v. t. - To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
v. t. - To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
v. t. - To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.