warp in English dictionary

  • warp

    Meanings and definitions of "warp"

    • (uncountable) The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
    • A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
    • The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
    • (nautical) A line or cable used in warping a ship.
    • A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
    • To twist or turn something out of shape
    • To deflect something from a true or proper course
    • To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias
    • To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving
    • (nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; especially to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour
    • (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape
    • (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a correct course
    • (intransitive, nautical) (for a ship) to be moved by warping
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
    • noun
      (countable)
      A distortion:
    • noun
      ( weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A line or cable as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
    • noun
      A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
    • noun
      A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
    • noun
      The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
    • noun
      (obsolete outside dialects)
      A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
    • verb
      To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, ropemaking)
      To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive, rare, obsolete, figuratively)
      To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
    • verb
      (transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic)
      To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
    • verb
      To move:
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive, obsolete outside dialects, of an animal)
      To bring forth (young) prematurely.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive, agriculture)
      To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
    • verb
      (transitive, very rare, obsolete)
      To throw.
    • state of being bent out of shape
    • threads
    • To distort the appearance of an object by squeezing some parts together and stretching other parts farther apart.
    • The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric.
    • throw the head (or shoulders) back
    • (weaving) warp
    • noun
      a moral or mental distortion
    • noun
      a rope or cable attached to the winch on a fishing trawler that is used to haul the fishing nets.
      Some trawlers tow twin parallel trawls, using three warps, each warp with its own winch.
    • noun
      a shape distorted by twisting or folding
    • noun
      a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
    • noun
      yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
    • verb
      bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"
    • verb
      make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

    Synonyms of "warp" in English dictionary

    falsify, aberrancy, garble are the top synonyms of "warp" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of warp

    • warp ( third-person singular simple present warps, present participle warping, simple past and past participle warped)
    • warp ( plural  warps)
    • warp (plural warps)
    • warp (third-person singular simple present warps, present participle warping, simple past and past participle warped)
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