Definitions of warp [ɔrp]

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Definition of 'warp'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) warp
to bend or twist out of shape, esp. from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.

2.  warp
to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.

3.  warp
to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, etc.; bias; falsify.

4.  warp
to move (a vessel) into a desired place or position by hauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy.

5. (v.i.) warp
to become bent or twisted out of shape, esp. out of a straight or flat form.

6.  warp
to hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, influence, etc.

7.  warp
to warp a ship or boat into position.

8.  warp
(of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.

9. (n.) warp
a bend or other variation from a straight or flat form.

10.  warp
a mental twist, bias, or quirk.

11.  warp
the set of yarns placed lengthwise in a loom, crossed by and interlaced with the filling, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric..

12.  warp
a hypothetical eccentricity or discontinuity in the space-time continuum:
a space warp.

13.  warp
a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era and out of touch with contemporary life.

14.  warp
a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME werpen, OE weorpan to throw, c. OS werpan, OHG werfan, ON verpa, Go wairpan)

Definition of 'warp'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) deflection, warp
a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

2. (noun) warp, buckle
a shape distorted by twisting or folding

3. (noun) warp, warping
a moral or mental distortion

4. (verb) warp
yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof

5. (verb) falsify, distort, garble, warp
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

6. (verb) heave, buckle, warp
bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
"The highway buckled during the heat wave"

Definition of 'warp'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) warp
to bend or become bent because of water or heat damage
The heat had warped the plastic.; The wood warped in the rain.

Definition of 'warp'

Webster Dictionary

1.  warp
the threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof

2.  warp
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.  warp
a slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed

4.  warp
a premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc

5.  warp
four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17

6.  warp
the state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board

7. (verb) warp
to throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter

8. (verb) warp
to turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise

9. (verb) warp
to turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert

10. (verb) warp
to weave; to fabricate

11. (verb) warp
to tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object

12. (verb) warp
to cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc

13. (verb) warp
to let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance

14. (verb) warp
to run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns

15. (verb) warp
to arrange (yarns) on a warp beam

16. (verb) warp
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

17. (verb) warp
to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve

18. (verb) warp
to fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects

19. (verb) warp
to cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc

20. (verb) warp
to wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam

Definition of 'warp'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. warp
To haul a ship ahead by line or anchor.

Translation of 'warp'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make or become twisted out of shape The door has been warped by all the rain we've had lately.
Afrikaans: gebuig	Arabic: يَفْتِل، يَلْوي	Bulgarian: деформирам
Brazilian: empenar	Czech: zkroutit (se)	German: (sich) verziehen
Danish: slå sig	Greek: σκεβρώνω	Spanish: deformar; (madera) alabea
Estonian: koolduma, koolutama	Farsi: كج و معوج شدن	Finnish: vääntää
French: gauchir	Hebrew: לְהִתעַקֵם	Hindi: मोड़ना
Croatian: izvitoperiti, saviti	Hungarian: elgörbít; (szenvedőben:)	Indonesian: melengkungkan
Icelandic: vinda(st), skekkja(st), v	Italian: curvare; deformare	Japanese: ひずませる
Korean: 휘게 하다	Lithuanian: iškreipti, iškrypti, pers	Latvian: samesties; sariezties
Malay: meleding	Dutch: kromtrekken	Norwegian: vri, slå seg, bli bøyd
Polish: spaczyć się	Portuguese: empenar	Romanian: a se răsuci, a se strâmba
Russian: коробить(ся)	Slovak: ohnúť (sa), (s)kriviť (sa	Slovenian: skriviti (se)
Serbian: uvijati	Swedish: göra (bli) skev, slå sig	Thai: ทำให้บิดงอ
Turkish: eğ(il)mek, eğril(t)mek	Taiwanese: (使)扭曲變形	Ukrainian: перекручувати; викривляти
Urdu: بل دینا	Vietnamese: cong	Chinese: 使歪曲，翘曲
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