the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > become distorted > become twisted and bent (2)
intransitive. To become bent, twisted, or uneven, by shrinkage or contraction. Said esp. of timber. (Cf. cast, v. 53.)
intransitive. To take or have a bent form; now only dialect or technical of a board, door, etc., to be twisted.