distorted

«distorted» in Mova's school dictionary: Twisted or changed out of its normal shape — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past and past participle of distort: distort, distorts, distorted, distorting); adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Twisted or changed out of its normal shape. tree →

2) (sound, picture) Changed so that it is unclear or not true to the original, like a crackly sound or a wobbly reflection. tree →

3) Changed so that it gives a false idea, like distorted facts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, lenses, water and curved mirrors make distorted images; in music, distorted guitar sound is deliberate; in media literacy, facts can be distorted to mislead; phrases: «a distorted reflection», «distorted facts», «distorted sound».

examples

• The fun-house mirror made my face look distorted. tree →
• The speaker crackled and the music was distorted. tree →
• A straw in water looks bent and distorted. tree →
• The newspaper distorted what the mayor had said. tree →
• Heat made the plastic ruler distorted. tree →
• Her voice sounded distorted on the bad phone line. tree →
• A distorted map can make some countries look bigger than they are. tree →
• Their countenances were so distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on the face appeared to spread over the whole of the nose and mouth. tree →

note

Regular verb. Noun: distortion. In maths and maps: map projections distort size or shape (Greenland looks far bigger than it is). In news: a distorted story is partly true but twisted.

In the corpora

• Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts.
• A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «distorted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.