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CONVOLVE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they convolve ... he / she / it convolves
Past simple: convolved
Past participle: convolved
-ing form: convolving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curl, wind, or twist together
Synonyms:
convolute; convolve
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "convolve" is one way to...):
bend; deform; flex; turn; twist (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
convolution (the action of coiling or twisting or winding together)
