warp

Plural: warps

Noun

• a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
• a shape distorted by twisting or folding
• a moral or mental distortion
• yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
• The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
• The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
• The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
• The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
• A distortion:
• A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
• A distortion:
• A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
• The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
• The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
• A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
• A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
• A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
• 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.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: warped, warping, warps

• To twist or distort out of shape.
• make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
• bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
• To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
• To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
• To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
• To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
• To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
• To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
• To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
• To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
• To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
• To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
• To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
• To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
• To move:
• To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
• To move:
• To move or be moved by this method.
• To move:
• To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
• To move:
• To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
• To bring forth (young) prematurely.
• To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
• To throw.

Examples

• His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.
• Leaving the game board in the sun might warp its surface, making letter placement tricky.
• Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.
• The moisture warped the board badly.
• The trauma had permanently warped her mind.
• to warp space and time

Synonyms

buckle, deflection, distort, falsify, garble, heave, warping, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing

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