The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distort \Dis*tort"\, a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to
   twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]
   Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
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         Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distort \Dis*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Distorting.]
   1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
      physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
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            Whose face was distorted with pain.   --Thackeray.
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   2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to
      twist aside mentally or morally.
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            Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and
            distort the understandings of men.    --Tillotson.
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   3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort
      passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

   Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distort
    v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
         story [syn: falsify, distort, garble, warp]
    2: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn:
       twist, twine, distort] [ant: untwist]
    3: twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform,
       distort, wring]
    4: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
       my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
       [syn: tinge, color, colour, distort]
    5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was
       deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain]