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Warp
wɔːp
- 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"
buckle twist bend distort deform misshape malform curve make/become crooked/curved flex bow arch contort gnarl kink wrinkle- make abnormal or strange; distort
"your judgement has been warped by your obvious dislike of him"
- (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"
- (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"
- 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"
- a twist or distortion in the shape of something
"the head of the racket had a curious warp"
- a trait in a person's character that is considered abnormal and unacceptable
"no mind is more capable of warps than his"
- relating to or denoting (fictional or hypothetical) space travel by means of distorting space–time
"warp speed"
- (in weaving) the threads stretched vertically on a loom, over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth
"the warp and weft are the basic constituents of all textiles"
- a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship
- alluvial sediment; silt
"the warp or muddy deposit dug from an old riverbed"