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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: , ,
Antonyms:
- to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
Synonyms: ,
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:
- 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
/ ·Éɔ˱è /
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
- ˈ·É²¹°ù±è²¹²µ±ð, noun
- ˈ·É²¹°ù±è±ð°ù, noun
- warped, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ·É²¹°ù±è·²¹²µ±ð noun
- ³Ü²Ô··É²¹°ù±è·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of warp1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of warp1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with warp , also see time warp .Example Sentences
Otherwise, it’s just another rung in a ladder he’ll continue climbing at warp speed.
But O’Leary said shrunken windows are warping ultimate box office success and consumer demand.
She told the outlet that she's had trouble getting in touch with Musk and that the secrecy around her pregnancy was warping her life.
But I don't think any of us could have predicted the exact confluence of atrocities being committed at warp speed from every direction.
The adhesive holding together her wood floors melted and warped.
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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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