Writhe

Writhing in pain

 \rahyth\
... means to twist the body about, or squirm, as in severe pain

Related terms: thresh; flail; contort; wriggle

In knot theory, the writhe is a property of an oriented link diagram. It is the total number of positive crossings minus the total number of negative crossings.

Example
      The child tried to writhe free from his uncle's embrace. Guess he didn't like his uncle or he didn't like the embrace itself. Which one, I am not sure!

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