warp

warp  (wôrp)

v. warped, warp·ing, warps

v.tr.

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

2. To turn from a correct or proper course; deflect.

3. To affect unfavorably, unfairly, or wrongly; bias. See Synonyms at bias.

4. To arrange (strands of yarn or thread) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.

5. 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 turn aside from a true, correct, or natural course; go astray. See Synonyms at distort.

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-² in Indo-European roots.]

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warper n.

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warp

Verb

1. (esp. of wooden objects) to be twisted out of shape, for example by heat or damp

2. to distort or influence in a negative way: love warps judgment

Noun

1. a fault or an irregularity in the shape or surface of an object

2. a fault or deviation in someone's character

3. See time warp

4. the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom through which the weft yarns are woven [Old English wearp a throw]

warped adj

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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.

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

2. become distorted, bend, twist, contort, become deformed, become misshapen

3. pervert, twist, corrupt, degrade, deprave, debase, desecrate, debauch, lead astray

noun 4. twist, turn, bend, defect, flaw, distortion, deviation, quirk, imperfection, kink, contortion, deformation

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To haul a ship ahead by line or anchor.

Translations

warp [wɔːp] vi [wood] → combarse

warp [wɔːp] n (Textiles) → chaîne f

vi [wood] → travailler, se voiler or gauchir

vt → voiler (fig); pervertir

warp [wɔːp] vi [wood etc] → sich verziehen

vt (fig) [+ character]; entstellen

n (Textiles) → Kette f

warp [wɔːp] n (TEXTILES) → ordito

vi → deformarsi

vt → deformare;

(fig) → corrompere

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warp¹

v warp [woːp]

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 zkroutit (se) slå sig (sich) verziehen σκεβρώνω deformar; (madera) alabear, combar koolduma, koolutama كج و معوج شدن käyristää, vääristyä gauchir לְהִתעַקֵם मोड़ना izvitoperiti, saviti elgörbít; (szenvedőben:) megvetemedik melengkungkan vinda(st), skekkja(st), verpast curvare; deformare ひずませる ...을 휘다, 굽히다; 휘다, 굽다 iškreipti, iškrypti, persimesti samesties; sariezties meleding kromtrekken vri, 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 使翹曲起 перекручувати; викривлятися بل دینا cong 使翘曲起

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 pokřivit forkvakle nachteilig beeinflussen διαστρεβλώνω deformar, pervertir väärama, eksitama منحرف شدن kieroonnuttaa fausser לְעַווֵת विकृति izvrnuti, iskrenuti befolyásol menyesatkan brengla distorcere, deformare ゆがめる (진실 등을) 왜곡하다 iškreipti izkropļot; samežģīt menjejaskan, merosakkan verwringen forkvakle/-dreie wypaczyć deformar a perverti извращать pokriviť popačiti iskriviti snedvrida, förvränga บิดเบือน; กระทำนอกลู่นอกทาง bozmak, sap(tır)mak 使不正常 спотворювати بگاڑ دینا làm lệch lạc 使不正常

n

the shape into which something is twisted by warping The rain has given this wood a permanent warp. buiging إنْفِتال، إعْوِجاج деформация deformace skævhed die Krümmung σκέβρωμα, παραμόρφωση alabeo; deformación koolutus پيچ vääntymä gauchissement עִיווּת ताना izobličenje vetemedés lengkungan vindingur, skekkja curvatura; deformazione ゆがみ 뒤틀림, 굽음 persikreipimas, persimetimas samešanās berkeadaan meleding atau membengkok scheluwte (vind)skjevhet spaczenie deformação strâmbare искривление; деформация deformácia ukrivljenje iskrivljenost skevhet การผิดรูปไป; การผิดส่วนไป eğrilik, çarpıklık 變形 викривлення, деформація تانا vênh 变形

adj warped

gebuigdheid مُعْوَج، مَفْتول деформирам pokroucený fordrejet krumm διαστρεβλωμένος, σκεβρωμένος deformado, torcido; pervertido kooldunud پيچ خوردگي vääntynyt tordu, faussé מְעוּוָת विकृत izobličiti megvetemedett melengkung undinn distorto ゆがんだ 굽은, 휜; 왜곡된 iškreiptas, persimetęs sameties; sariezies ganjil, tidak normal krom skjev; forkvaklet spaczony deformado răsucit; deformat деформированный; извращённый pokrútený ukrivljen; popačen iskrivljen skev, snedvriden ซึ่งบิดงอ; ซึ่งผิดรูป eğri, çarpık 翹起的 спотворений, викривлений بل کھایا ہوا bị méo mó 翘起的