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verb (used with object)
1.
to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
2.
to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
3.
to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.; bias; falsify: Prejudice warps the mind.
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Aeronautics. to curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.
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EXPANDNautical. 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.
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COLLAPSEAgriculture. to fertilize (land) by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter.
verb (used without object)
7.
to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form: The wood has warped in drying.
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to be or become biased; hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like.
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Nautical.
a.
to warp a ship or boat into position.
b.
(of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.
10.
(of a stratum in the earth's crust) to bend slightly, to a degree that no fold or fault results.
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noun
11.
a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.
12.
a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude or judgment.
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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.
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EXPANDa situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes, etc.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English werpen, Old English weorpan to throw; cognate with German werfen, Old Norse verpa, Gothic wairpan; (noun) Middle English warpe, Old English wearp; cognate with German Warf, Old Norse varp
before 900; (v.) Middle English werpen, Old English weorpan to throw; cognate with German werfen, Old Norse verpa, Gothic wairpan; (noun) Middle English warpe, Old English wearp; cognate with German Warf, Old Norse varp
Related forms
warp·age, noun
un·warp·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. turn, contort, distort. 2. swerve, deviate.
1. turn, contort, distort. 2. swerve, deviate.
Antonyms
1, 7. straighten.
1, 7. straighten.
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Word Origin & History
warp
"threads running lengthwise in a fabric," O.E. wearp-, from P.Gmc. *warpo- (cf. M.L.G. warp, O.H.G. warf "warp," O.N. varp "cast of a net"), from root *werp- (see warp (v.)). The warp of fabric is that across which the woof is "thrown." Applied in 20c. astrophysics to the "fabric"
EXPANDof space-time, popularized in noun phrase warp speed by 1960s TV series "Star Trek."
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