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warp
[ wawrp ]
verb (used with object)
- to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
Synonyms: distort, contort, turn
Antonyms: straighten
- to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
Prejudice warps the mind.
- Aeronautics. to curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.
- Nautical. 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 or anchor.
- Agriculture. to fertilize (land) by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter.
verb (used without object)
- to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form:
The wood has warped in drying.
Antonyms: straighten
- to be or become biased; hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like.
- Nautical.
- to warp a ship or boat into position.
- (of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.
- (of a stratum in the earth's crust) to bend slightly, to a degree that no fold or fault results.
noun
- 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.
- the set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric.
- a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes, etc.
- Also called spring,. Nautical. a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.
- alluvial matter deposited by water, especially water let in to inundate low land so as to enrich it.
warp
/ wɔːp /
verb
- 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
- tr to prepare (yarn) as a warp
- nautical to move (a vessel) by hauling on a rope fixed to a stationary object ashore or (of a vessel) to be moved thus
- tr (formerly) to curve or twist (an aircraft wing) in order to assist control in flight
- tr to flood (land) with water from which alluvial matter is deposited
noun
- 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
- the heavy threads used to reinforce the rubber in the casing of a pneumatic tyre
- nautical a rope used for warping a vessel
- alluvial sediment deposited by water
Derived Forms
- ˈwarpage, noun
- ˈwarper, noun
- warped, adjective
Other Words From
- warp·age noun
- un·warp·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of warp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of warp1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with warp , also see time warp .Example Sentences
Until someone invents warp drive or the like, there is no way to overcome the obstacle of time.
“This means we’re not talking about a rapidly or aggressively expanding species, and there’s no warp drive or anything,” Wright told Gizmodo.
This gives us a mathematical key for finding and classifying warp technologies.
This might not sound like much of a discovery, but until now it was unclear what warp drives might be, physically speaking.
Bobrick and Martire show that any warp drive must be a shell of material in a constant state of motion, enclosing a flat region of spacetime.
But the thugs are numerous enough to be part of the warp and woof of the community.
Instead, now we have a political science case-study proving how political fortunes can shift and change at warp speed.
WHERE TO EAT: For lunch, enter the time warp that is Crown Candy Kitchen (don't pass on the sundaes).
No throwback eyeglasses or filters on my photos to give the impression of a time warp.
One of my favorite moments in that film was when Spock mends the warp core and Captain Kirk goes down to see him.
Politeness, being based upon real kindness of heart, cannot exist where there is selfishness or brutality to warp its growth.
And yet, not that alone, for the warp and woof of history are made up of innumerable threads.
And now, waiting for the ship to warp into its pier, she realized what a fatal mistake her reticence had been.
But we can't control the directional and dimensional scope of the warp.
When the warp principle was discovered, it looked like the answer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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