writhe /raɪð/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: writhan 'to twist' ]
to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain
writhe in pain/agony etc
He lay writhing in pain.
writhe /raɪð/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: writhan 'to twist' ]
to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain
writhe in pain/agony etc
He lay writhing in pain.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012