Definition of Warp
1. Noun. A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting.
2. Verb. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
Specialized synonyms: Mangle, Murder, Mutilate
Generic synonyms: Belie, Misrepresent
Derivative terms: Distortion, Distortion, Distortion, Falsification, Falsifier, Falsity, Falsity, Warping
3. Noun. A shape distorted by twisting or folding.
4. Verb. Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat. "The highway buckled during the heat wave"
Generic synonyms: Change Surface
Specialized synonyms: Lift
Derivative terms: Buckle, Heave
5. Noun. A moral or mental distortion.
6. Noun. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.
Generic synonyms: Thread, Yarn
Group relationships: Weave
Definition of Warp
1. v. t. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
2. v. i. 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.
3. n. The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
4. v. t. To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an aëroplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
5. v. t. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
6. v. i. 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.
7. n. The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
8. v. t. To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an aëroplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
Definition of Warp
1. to turn or twist out of shape [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Warp
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1. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; especially, to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking. "One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp, warp." (Shak) "They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping." (Moxon)
2. To turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve. "There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp." (Shak)
3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. "A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind." (Milton)
4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; said of cattle, sheep, etc.
5. To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
2. To turn or twist out of shape; especially, to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. "The planks looked warped." (Coleridge) "Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed." (Tennyson)
3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. "This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind." (Dryden) "I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy." (Addison) "We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men." (Southey)
4. To weave; to fabricate. "While doth he mischief warp." (Sternhold)
5. To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
6. To cast prematurely, as young; said of cattle, sheep, etc.
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