Distort

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Distorted; misshapen.

II. Distort ·vt To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

III. Distort ·vt To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

IV. Distort ·vt To wrest from the true meaning; to Pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.