WARP

warp

(noun) yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof

warp, warping

(noun) a moral or mental distortion

warp, buckle

(noun) a shape distorted by twisting or folding

deflection, warp

(noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

heave, buckle, warp

(verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; “The highway buckled during the heat wave”

falsify, distort, garble, warp

(verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

warp (countable and uncountable, plural warps)

(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally

(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.

(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.

(countable) A distortion

(countable) A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).

(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.

(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.

(figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.

(nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.

A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.

A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.

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.

(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.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally

(transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.

(intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.

(transitive) To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.

(intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.

(ambitransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.

(transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.

(ambitransitive, rare, obsolete, figurative) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).

(transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).

To move

(transitive, 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, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.

(intransitive, rare, dated) To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.

(ambitransitive) To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.

(ambitransitive, obsolete, outside, dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.

(ambitransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.

(transitive, very, rare, obsolete) To throw.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

Warp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped; p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.] Etym: [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. waírpan; cf. Skr. vrj to twist. Wrap.]

1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. The planks looked warped. Coleridge. Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. Tennyson.

3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. Dryden. I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. Addison. We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. Southey.

4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] Nares. While doth he mischief warp. Sternhold.

5. (Naut.)

Definition: To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

7. (Agric.)

Definition: To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]

8. (Rope Making)

Definition: To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.

9. (Weaving)

Definition: To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. Warped surface (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. Davies & Peck.

Warp, v. i.

1. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking. One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp. Shak. They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping. Moxon.

2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve. There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp. Shak.

3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind. Milton.

4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Weaving)

Definition: To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

Warp, n. Etym: [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting, throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline, OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See Warp, v.]

1. (Weaving)

Definition: The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.

3. (Agric.)

Definition: A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. Lyell.

4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

6. Etym: [From Warp, v.]

Definition: The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board. Warp beam, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.

– Warp fabric, fabric produced by warp knitting.

– Warp frame, or Warp-net frame, a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.

– Warp knitting, a kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side; -- also called warp weaving.

– Warp lace, or Warp net, lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

WARP

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Verb

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