0 present participle of distort
1 to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural:
2 to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean:
3 to change or affect something, especially in a way that makes it worse:
The government is actually distorting markets and undermining competition.
4 to make sound produced on electrical equipment sound strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave:
With this form of editing you can distort the shape of an object or piece of text.
We are looking at the picture through a distorting lens.
His enemies have deliberately distorted his character and actions.
Subsidies can distort competition.
