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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024warp /wɔrp/USA pronunciation
v.
- to (cause to) be bent or twisted out of shape: [no object]The door hinges warped.[~ + object]The high humidity will warp those wooden door hinges.
- to turn away from what is right or proper;
distort:[~ + object]Prejudice warps the mind.
n. [countable]
- a bend or twist in something that was once or originally straight or flat.
- a mental bias or quirk.
- Textilesthe lengthwise threads in a loom or woven fabric.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024warp
(wôrp),USA pronunciation v.t.
- to bend or twist out of shape, esp. from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
- to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
- to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.;
bias;
falsify:Prejudice warps the mind.
- Aeronauticsto curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.
- Nauticalto move (a vessel) into a desired place or position by hauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy or anchor.
- Agricultureto fertilize (land) by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter.
v.i.
- to become bent or twisted out of shape, esp. out of a straight or flat form:The wood has warped in drying.
- to be or become biased;
hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like.
- [Naut.]
- Nauticalto warp a ship or boat into position.
- Nautical(of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.
- Geology(of a stratum in the earth's crust) to bend slightly, to a degree that no fold or fault results.
n.
- a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.
- a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude or judgment.
- Textilesthe set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric. See diag. under weave.
- PhysicsSee time warp.
- a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, esp. in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes, etc.
- Nautical, Naval TermsAlso called spring, spring line. a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.
- Geologyalluvial matter deposited by water, esp. water let in to inundate low land so as to enrich it.
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English werpen, Old English weorpan to throw; cognate with German werfen, Old Norse verpa, Gothic wairpan; (noun, nominal) Middle English warpe, Old English wearp; cognate with German Warf, Old Norse varp
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged turn, contort, distort.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swerve, deviate.
- 1, 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged straighten.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
warp /wɔːp/ vb - to twist or cause to twist out of shape, as from heat, damp, etc
- to turn or cause to turn from a true, correct, or proper course
- to pervert or be perverted
- to move (a vessel) by hauling on a rope fixed to a stationary object ashore or (of a vessel) to be moved thus
- (transitive) to flood (land) with water from which alluvial matter is deposited
n - the state or condition of being twisted out of shape
- a twist, distortion, or bias
- a mental or moral deviation
- the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom, forming the threads through which the weft yarns are woven
- a rope used for warping a vessel
- alluvial sediment deposited by water
Etymology: Old English wearp a throw; related to Old High German warf, Old Norse varp throw of a dragging net, Old English weorpan to throwˈwarpage n warped adj ˈwarper n
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