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warped

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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.

[Middle English werpen, from Old English weorpan, to throw away; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

warper n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.warpedwarped - used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
Translations
warped [wɔːpt] ADJ
1. [wood] → alabeado, combado
2. (fig) [mind, sense of humour] → pervertido
warped
adj
(lit)verzogen, wellig
(fig: = twisted) sense of humour, characterabartig; judgementverzerrt; he has a warped minder hat eine abartige Fantasie or Phantasie
warped [wɔːpt] adj (wood) → curvo/a (fig) (character, sense of humour) → contorto/a
warped [wɔːpt] adj (wood) → curvo/a (fig) (character, sense of humour) → contorto/a


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But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and therefore not accessible to the cool reasonings of family partiality, or a desire of revenge.
We had a dreary morning's work before us, for there was no sign of any wind, and the boats had to be got out and manned, and the ship warped three or four miles round the corner of the island and up the narrow passage to the haven behind Skeleton Island.
In applying thus particularly to the Senate a general observation suggested by the situation of the country, I am governed by the consideration, that the credulous votaries of State power cannot, upon their own principles, suspect, that the State legislatures would be warped from their duty by any external influence.
 
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