Dictionary definition · distort
verb
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- form into a spiral shape"The cord is all twisted"
- twist and press out of shape
- affect as in thought or feeling"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
- alter the shape of (something) by stress"His body was deformed by leprosy"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).