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Warp (noun)
The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
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Warp (noun)
The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
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Warp (noun)
A distortion:
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Warp (noun)
The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
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Warp (noun)
A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood also used figuratively.
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Warp (noun)
The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
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Warp (noun)
The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
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Warp (noun)
A warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
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Warp (noun)
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
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Warp (noun)
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
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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.
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Warp (noun)
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.
“a warp of fish”
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Warp (verb)
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
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Warp (verb)
To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
“The moisture warped the board badly .”
“to warp space and time”
“The trauma had permanently warped her mind.”
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Warp (verb)
To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
“Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced”
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Warp (verb)
To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
“His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.”
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Warp (verb)
To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
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Warp (verb)
To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
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Warp (verb)
To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
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Warp (verb)
To freezing).
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Warp (verb)
To move:
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Warp (verb)
To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
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Warp (verb)
To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
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Warp (verb)
To move or be moved by this method.
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Warp (verb)
To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
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Warp (verb)
To bring forth (young) prematurely.
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Warp (verb)
To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
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Warp (verb)
To throw.
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Wharp (noun)
A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
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Warp (verb)
make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp
“moisture had warped the box”
“wood has a tendency to warp”
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Warp (verb)
make abnormal or strange; distort
“your judgement has been warped by your obvious dislike of him”
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Warp (verb)
(with reference to a ship) move or be moved along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore
“crew and passengers helped warp the vessels through the shallow section”
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Warp (verb)
(in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth
“cotton string will be warped on the loom in the rug-weaving process”
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Warp (verb)
cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding
“the main canal may be cut so as to warp the lands on each side of it”
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Warp (noun)
a twist or distortion in the shape of something
“the head of the racket had a curious warp”
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Warp (noun)
relating to or denoting (fictional or hypothetical) space travel by means of distorting space–time
“warp speed”
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Warp (noun)
an abnormality or perversion in a person’s character
“no mind is more capable of warps than his”
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Warp (noun)
(in weaving) the threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth
“rugby is woven into the warp and weft of South African society”
“the warp and weft are the basic constituents of all textiles”
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Warp (noun)
a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship.
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Warp (noun)
alluvial sediment; silt
“the warp or muddy deposit dug from an old riverbed”