warp

warp

 (wôrp)

v. warped, warp·ing, warps

v.tr.

1. To turn or twist (wood, for example) out of shape; deform.

2. To alter from a normal, proper, or healthy state; twist or pervert: "He was ruthlessly vindictive and allowed personal grudges to warp his political perspective" (Julian E. Zelizer). See Synonyms at distort.

3. To arrange strands of yarn or thread lengthwise onto (a loom) in preparation for weaving.

4. Nautical To move (a vessel) by hauling on a line that is fastened to or around a piling, anchor, or pier.

v.intr.

1. To become bent or twisted out of shape: The wooden frame warped in the humidity.

2. To become altered from what is normal, proper, or healthy.

3. Nautical To move a vessel by hauling on a line that is fastened to or around a piling, anchor, or pier.

n.

1. The state of being twisted or bent out of shape.

2. A distortion or twist, especially in a piece of wood.

3. A mental or moral twist, aberration, or deviation.

4. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric, crossed at right angles to the woof.

5. Warp and woof.

6. Nautical A towline used in warping a vessel.

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[Middle English werpen, from Old English weorpan, to throw away; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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warp′er n.

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warp

(wɔːp)

vb

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. (Textiles) (tr) to prepare (yarn) as a warp

5. (Nautical Terms) 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. (Aeronautics) (tr) (formerly) to curve or twist (an aircraft wing) in order to assist control in flight

7. (Physical Geography) (tr) to flood (land) with water from which alluvial matter is deposited

n

8. the state or condition of being twisted out of shape

9. a twist, distortion, or bias

10. (Psychology) a mental or moral deviation

11. (Textiles) the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom, forming the threads through which the weft yarns are woven

12. (Automotive Engineering) the heavy threads used to reinforce the rubber in the casing of a pneumatic tyre

13. (Nautical Terms) nautical a rope used for warping a vessel

14. (Physical Geography) alluvial sediment deposited by water

[Old English wearp a throw; related to Old High German warf, Old Norse varp throw of a dragging net, Old English weorpan to throw]

ˈwarpage n

warped adj

ˈwarper n

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warp

(wɔrp)

v.t.

1. to bend or twist out of shape, esp. 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, etc.; bias; falsify.

4. 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.

v.i.

5. to become bent or twisted out of shape, esp. out of a straight or flat form.

6. to hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, influence, etc.

7.

a. to warp a ship or boat into position.

b. (of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.

n.

8. a bend or other variation from a straight or flat form.

9. a mental twist, bias, or quirk.

10. the set of yarns placed lengthwise in a loom, crossed by and interlaced with the filling, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric..

11. a hypothetical eccentricity or discontinuity in the space-time continuum: a space warp.

12. a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era and out of touch with contemporary life.

13. a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.

[before 900; Middle English werpen, Old English weorpan to throw, c. Old Saxon werpan, Old High German werfan, Old Norse verpa, Gothic wairpan]

warp′age, n.

warp′er, n.

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warp

To haul a ship ahead by line or anchor.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Warp

 a throw or cast; a set of four items.

Examples: warp of cod, 1533; of fish, 1598; of herrings, 1894; of oysters, 1796; of salt-fish, 1436; of weeks (four weeks), 1599.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

warp

Past participle: warped
Gerund: warping

Imperative

warp

warp

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	warp - a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting deflection aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance - a state or condition markedly different from the norm
	2.	warp - a shape distorted by twisting or folding buckle distorted shape, distortion - a shape resulting from distortion
	3.	warp - a moral or mental distortion warping deformation, distortion - a change for the worse
	4.	warp - yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving weave - pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
Verb	1.	warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story distort, falsify, garble murder, mutilate, mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
	2.	warp - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" buckle, heave change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"

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warp

verb

1. distort, bend, twist, buckle, deform, disfigure, contort, misshape, malform Rainwater had warped the door's timber.

2. become distorted, bend, twist, contort, become deformed, become misshapen Plastic can warp in the sun.

3. pervert, twist, corrupt, degrade, deprave, debase, desecrate, debauch, lead astray Their minds have been warped by their experiences.

noun

1. twist, turn, bend, defect, flaw, distortion, deviation, quirk, imperfection, kink, contortion, deformation small warps in the planking

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warp

verb

1. To ruin utterly in character or quality:

animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate.

2. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:

belie, color, distort, falsify, load, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, wrench, wrest.

Idiom: give a false coloring to.

3. To cause to have a prejudiced view:

bias, jaundice, prejudice, prepossess.

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Translations

إنْفِتال، إعْوِجاجيَفْتِل، يَلْوي

forkvakleskævhedtrend

KetteKrümmungnachteilig beeinflussensich verziehenverziehen

gauchirgauchissementtordre

brenglalangòræîirvinda , skekkja , verpastvindingur, skekkja

orditopiegaretonneggiarsitonneggioalterare

izkropļotmetisamešanāssamestiessamežģīt

bli bøydforkvaklerenningvindskjevhet

основа

ohnúť sapokriviť

arışbozmakçarpıklıkçözgüeğ mek

使不正常使歪曲变形织布中的经线翘曲

warp

[wɔːp]

A. N

1. (in weaving) → urdimbre f

2. [in wood] → alabeo m, comba f

B. VT

1. [+ wood] → alabear, combar

2. (fig) [+ mind] → pervertir

C. VI [wood] → alabearse, combarse

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warp

[ˈwɔː^rp]

n

[cloth] → chaîne f

vi

[wood] → gauchir

vt [+ wood] → gauchir

[+ character, person] → pervertirwar paint warpaint [ˈwɔː^rpeɪnt] n → peintures fpl de guerre

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

warp

n

(in weaving) → Kette f

(in wood etc) → Welle f; the warp makes it impossible to use this wood → das Holz ist zu verzogen or wellig, als dass man es noch verwenden könnte

(= towing cable) → Schleppleine f

(of mind) hatred of his mother had given his mind an evil warp → der Hass, den er gegen seine Mutter hegte, hatte seinen ganzen Charakter entstellt or verbogen; the warp in his personality → das Abartige in seinem Wesen

vt wood → wellig werden lassen, wellen; character → verbiegen, entstellen; judgement → verzerren; (Aviat) → verwinden

vi (wood) → sich wellen, sich verziehen, sich werfen

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warp

[wɔːp]

1. n (in weaving) → ordito; (of wood) → curvatura, deformazione f

2. vt (wood) → deformare, curvare (fig) (mind, personality, judgment) → influenzare negativamente

3. vi (wood) → deformarsi, curvarsi

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warp¹

(woːp) verb

1. to make or become twisted out of shape. The door has been warped by all the rain we've had lately. gebuig يَفْتِل، يَلْوي деформирам empenar zkroutit (se) verziehen slå sig σκεβρώνωdeformar; alabear, combar koolduma, koolutama كج و معوج شدن vääntää gauchir לְהִתעַקֵם मोड़ना izvitoperiti, saviti elgörbít; (szenvedőben:) megvetemedik melengkungkan vinda(st), skekkja(st), verpast curvare; deformare ひずませる 휘게 하다 iškreipti, iškrypti, persimesti samesties; sariezties meleding kromtrekkenvri, slå seg, bli bøyd spaczyć się empenar a se răsuci, a se strâmba; a se scoroji коробить(ся) ohnúť (sa), (s)kriviť (sa) skriviti (se) uvijati göra (bli) skev, slå sig ทำให้บิดงอ eğ(il)mek, eğril(t)mek (使)扭曲變形 перекручувати; викривлятися بل دینا cong 使歪曲，翘曲

2. to cause to think or act in an abnormal way. His experiences had warped his judgement/mind. beïnvloed يُشَوِّه، يَتَصَرَّف بصورةٍ غَيْر طَبيعيَّه изкривявам deformar pokřivit nachteilig beeinflussen forkvakle διαστρεβλώνωdeformar, pervertir väärama, eksitama منحرف شدن kierouttaa fausser לְעַווֵת विकृति izvrnuti, iskrenuti befolyásol menyesatkan brengla distorcere, deformare ゆがめる 왜곡하다 iškreipti izkropļot; samežģīt menjejaskan, merosakkan verwringen forkvakle/-dreie wypaczyćdeformar a perverti извращать pokriviť popačiti iskriviti snedvrida, förvränga บิดเบือน; กระทำนอกลู่นอกทาง bozmak, sapmak 使不正常 спотворювати بگاڑ دینا làm lệch lạc 使不正常

noun

the shape into which something is twisted by warping. The rain has given this wood a permanent warp. buiging إنْفِتال، إعْوِجاج деформация deformação deformace die Krümmung skævhed σκέβρωμα, παραμόρφωσηalabeo; deformación koolutus پيچ vääristymä gauchissementעיוות ताना izobličenje vetemedés lengkungan vindingur, skekkja curvatura; deformazione ゆがみ 휨, 구부러짐 persikreipimas, persimetimas samešanās berkeadaan meleding atau membengkok scheluwteskjevhet spaczenie deformação strâmbare искривление; деформация deformácia ukrivljenje iskrivljenost skevhet การผิดรูปไป; การผิดส่วนไป eğrilik, çarpıklık 扭曲變形 викривлення, деформація تانا vênh 变形

warped adjective

gebuigdheid مُعْوَج، مَفْتول деформирам deformado pokroucený krumm fordrejet διαστρεβλωμένος, σκεβρωμένος deformado, torcido; pervertido kooldunud پيچ خوردگي kiero tordu, fausséמעוות विकृत izobličiti megvetemedett melengkung undinn distorto ゆがんだ 휜, 뒤틀린 iškreiptas, persimetęs sameties; sariezies ganjil, tidak normal kromskjev; forkvaklet spaczony deformado răsucit; deformat деформированный; извращённый pokrútený ukrivljen; popačen iskrivljen skev, snedvriden ซึ่งบิดงอ; ซึ่งผิดรูป eğri, çarpık 扭曲變形的 спотворений, викривлений بل کھایا ہوا bị méo mó 弯曲变形的

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warp²

(woːp) noun

(usually with the) the set of threads lying lengthwise in a loom during weaving (the other being the weft (weft) ). skering سَداة النَّسيج: خُويطُه الأساسيَّه الطولِيَّه утайка tramar / torcer / empenar osnova die Kettenfäden (pl.) trend στημόνι lõimelõngad تار loimilangat chaîneשתי ताना tkanje láncfonal (szemben a vetülékfonallal) lungsin langþræðir 縦糸 (날)실 apmatai meti (aušanā) lungsin scheringrenning osnowa urdidura ur­zeală основа osnova osnova pri tkanju osnova tkanja varp กลุ่มเส้นด้ายตามยาว çözgü, arış (織布的)經線(另一方向稱為緯線) основа (тканини) وہ دھاگے جو بناءی کے وقت لمباءی کے رخ ہوں sợi dọc trên khung cửi （织布中的）经线

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warp

n. torcedura; torcimiento; v. torcer; retorcer; perder la forma.

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