warp

[wawrp] /wɔrp/
verb (used with object)
1.
to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
2.
to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
3.
to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.; bias; falsify:
Prejudice warps the mind.
4.
Aeronautics. to curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.
5.
Nautical. to move (a vessel) into a desired place or position by hauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy or anchor.
6.
Agriculture. to fertilize (land) by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter.
verb (used without object)
7.
to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form:
The wood has warped in drying.
8.
to be or become biased; hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like.
9.
Nautical.
  1. to warp a ship or boat into position.
  2. (of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.
10.
(of a stratum in the earth's crust) to bend slightly, to a degree that no fold or fault results.
noun
11.
a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.
12.
a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude or judgment.
13.
the set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric.
14.
time warp.
15.
a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes, etc.
16.
Also called spring, spring line. Nautical. a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.
17.
alluvial matter deposited by water, especially water let in to inundate low land so as to enrich it.
Origin
before 900; (v.) Middle English werpen, Old English weorpan to throw; cognate with German werfen, Old Norse verpa, Gothic wairpan; (noun) Middle English warpe, Old English wearp; cognate with German Warf, Old Norse varp
Related forms
warpage, noun
unwarping, adjective
Synonyms
1. turn, contort, distort. 2. swerve, deviate.
Antonyms
1, 7. straighten.
Examples from the web for warp
  • Of course, the dried wood will be more expensive, but it will be less likely to warp.
  • The theory predicts that gravity can warp space, time and light.
  • Information addicts would have the pleasure of surfing the web at warp speed.
  • The plank would be inclined to split or warp if not reinforced by long metal screws that can be tightened as needed.
  • The venerable warp drive is science fiction no longer.
  • Diners will be pleased to find that prices are also in a time warp.
  • After activating the account and logging in, upload the map you wish to warp.
  • But it is stuck in a time warp behind protectionist barriers, with little foreign investment to drag it into the present.
  • Ikat is a type of weaving where the pattern emerges according to how the warp and weft threads are dyed.
  • If your canvas starts to warp or wrinkle, roll it firmly around a gift-wrap tube and leave it for several hours.
British Dictionary definitions for warp

warp

/wɔːp/
verb
1.
to twist or cause to twist out of shape, as from heat, damp, etc
2.
to turn or cause to turn from a true, correct, or proper course
3.
to pervert or be perverted
4.
(transitive) to prepare (yarn) as a warp
5.
(nautical) to move (a vessel) by hauling on a rope fixed to a stationary object ashore or (of a vessel) to be moved thus
6.
(transitive) (formerly) to curve or twist (an aircraft wing) in order to assist control in flight
7.
(transitive) to flood (land) with water from which alluvial matter is deposited
noun
8.
the state or condition of being twisted out of shape
9.
a twist, distortion, or bias
10.
a mental or moral deviation
11.
the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom, forming the threads through which the weft yarns are woven
12.
the heavy threads used to reinforce the rubber in the casing of a pneumatic tyre
13.
(nautical) a rope used for warping a vessel
14.
alluvial sediment deposited by water
Derived Forms
warpage, noun
warped, adjective
warper, noun
Word Origin
Old English wearp a throw; related to Old High German warf, Old Norse varp throw of a dragging net, Old English weorpan to throw
Word Origin and History for warp
v.

"to bend, twist, distort," Old English weorpan "to throw, throw away, hit with a missile," from Proto-Germanic *werpanan "to fling by turning the arm" (cf. Old Saxon werpan, Old Norse verpa "to throw," Swedish värpa "to lay eggs," Old Frisian werpa, Middle Low German and Dutch werpen, German werfen, Gothic wairpan "to throw"), from PIE *werb- "to turn, bend" (cf. Latin verber "whip, rod;" Greek rhabdos "rod," rhombos "magic wheel"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Connection between "turning" and "throwing" is perhaps in the notion of rotating the arm in the act of throwing; cf. Serbo-Croatian obratiti, Old Church Slavonic vreshti "to throw." The meaning "twist out of shape" is first recorded c.1400; intransitive sense is from mid-15c. Related: Warped; warping.

n.

"threads running lengthwise in a fabric," Old English wearp-, from Proto-Germanic *warpo- (cf. Middle Low German warp, Old High German warf "warp," Old Norse varp "cast of a net"), from root *werp- (see warp (v.)). The warp of fabric is that across which the woof is "thrown." Applied in 20c. astrophysics to the "fabric" of space-time, popularized in noun phrase warp speed by 1960s TV series "Star Trek."

Slang definitions & phrases for warp

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Idioms and Phrases with warp

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In addition to the idiom beginning with warp also see: time warp