Word: Warp
How to pronounce: wɔːp
Verb
Definitions:
1. Become or cause to become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or dampness.
Example sentences: "Moisture had warped the box"
2. Move (a ship) along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object on shore.
3. (in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth.
4. Cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A twist or distortion in the shape or form of something.
Example sentences: "The head of the racket had a curious warp"
2. (in weaving) the threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth.
Example sentences: "The warp and weft are the basic constituents of all textiles"
3. A rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship.
4. Alluvial sediment; silt.
Synonyms:
deformation
deflection
warpage
distortion
deform
distort
garble
pervert
corrupt
falsify
vitiate
basis
underpinning
foundation
groundwork
root
ground
buckle
hawser
cornerstone
bedrock
Derivations:
warping
warped
warper
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Warp in Other Languages...
Spanish: Deformar
German: Warp
French: Warp
Italian: Ordito
Turkish: çözgü
