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# writhe

verb (writhes, writhing, writhed)

«writhe» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/#m1)
2. To writhe can mean to wriggle hard to get free of a hold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/#m2)

### In the lessons

a creature or person twisting in pain or struggling

### Examples

- The worm writhed on the hook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/#x1)
- He writhed in pain on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/#x2)
- The snake writhed on the dry stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/#x3)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

a creature or person twisting in pain or struggling

### Examples

- My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. (Writings PSA.55.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/writhe/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «writhe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«writhe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/writhe.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «writhe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/writhe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«writhe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/writhe.html) on Mova free.