"writhing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|writhyng}} Middle English writhyng, {{af|en|writhe|-ing}} writhe + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} writhing (not comparable)
  1. Bended in twisting struggle. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Bended in twisting struggle): gekrümmt (German)
    Sense id: en-writhing-en-adj-N3hjhbJz

Noun [English]

Forms: writhings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|writhyng}} Middle English writhyng, {{af|en|writhe|-ing}} writhe + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} writhing (plural writhings)
  1. A twisting struggle.
    Sense id: en-writhing-en-noun-C7DWQO7S

Verb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|writhyng}} Middle English writhyng, {{af|en|writhe|-ing}} writhe + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} writhing
  1. present participle and gerund of writhe Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: writhe
    Sense id: en-writhing-en-verb-02wZN8fN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 91 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 6 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 10 14 76

Inflected forms

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