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What (who) is Warp - definition
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WARP; Warp (disambiguation); Warping; Warped (disambiguation); Warp (computer game); Warps; Warp (video game); Warped
Warp
·vt To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
II. Warp ·v Four; ·esp., four herrings; a cast. ·see Cast, ·noun, 17.
III. Warp ·vt To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
IV. Warp ·v A premature casting of young;
- said of cattle, sheep, ·etc.
V. Warp ·vt To cast prematurely, as young;
- said of cattle, sheep, ·etc.
VI. Warp ·v The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
VIII. Warp ·v The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
IX. Warp ·vi To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
X. Warp ·v A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, ·etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
XI. Warp ·vi To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
XII. Warp ·vi To cast the young prematurely; to Slink;
- said of cattle, sheep, ·etc.
XIII. Warp ·vt To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to Pervert.
XIV. Warp ·vt To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
XV. Warp ·vt To turn or twist out of shape; ·esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
XVII. Warp ·add. ·vt To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve in an aeroplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
XIX. Warp ·vt To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
XX. Warp ·vi 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.
XXI. Warp ·v 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.
warp
(warps, warping, warped)
1.
If something warps or is warped, it becomes damaged by bending or curving, often because of the effect of heat or water.
Left out in the heat of the sun, tapes easily warp or get stuck in their cases...
It should have prevented rain water warping the door trim...
VERB: V, V n
2.
If something warps someone's character, it damages them or it influences them in a bad way.
I never had any toys, my father thought that they would warp my personal values...
Their lives have been warped by war.
VERB: V n, V n
3.
A warp in time or space is an imaginary break or sudden change in the normal experience of time or space.
When a divorced woman re-enters the world of dating and romance, she's likely to feel as though she has entered a time warp.
N-COUNT: n N
4.
In weaving, the warp is the threads which are held in a frame or machine called a loom while another thread is passed across through them. Compare weft
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N-SING: the N
warp
¦ verb
1. make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically from the action of heat or damp.
make abnormal; distort.
2. (with reference to a ship) move or be moved along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore.
3. arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth.
4. cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by flooding.
¦ noun
1. a distortion or twist in shape.
2. the lengthwise threads on a loom over and under which the weft threads are passed to make cloth.
3. a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship.
4. archaic alluvial sediment.
Derivatives
warpage noun
warper noun
Origin
OE (early senses included 'throw' and 'hit') weorpan (v.), wearp (n.), of Gmc origin.
Examples of use of Warp
1. Abrams is going from Cruise control to warp speed.
2. "Our country and culture is changing at warp speeds," he said.
3. If Edsall is symptomatic, liberalism is lost in a time warp, thinking in antiquated categories.
4. Of course I blurted as we scuttled into the time warp of a hallway.
5. Many diseases, cancer included, arise when genes develop mutations that warp their normal function.