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# writhed

verb (past form of writhe: writhe, writhes, writhing, writhed)

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

## Everyday

1. Writhed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/#m1)
2. Writhed can mean wriggled hard to get free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a creature twisting to escape or in pain

### Examples

- The caterpillar writhed free of its shell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/#x1)
- The dragon writhed on the pebbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/#x2)
- She writhed in her chair with embarrassment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/#x3)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writhed/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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