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   Warp

   /wôrp/

   

   verb

   • 1. become or cause to become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or dampness: "moisture had warped the box" Similar buckletwistbenddistortdeformmisshapemalformcurvemake/become crooked/curvedflexbowarchcontortgnarlkinkwrinkleOpposite straightenkeep shape
   • ▪ cause to become abnormal or strange; have a distorting effect on: "your judgment has been warped by your obvious dislike of him" Similar corrupttwistpervertdepravebendskew
   • 2. move (a ship) along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object on shore: "crew and passengers helped warp the vessels through the shallow section"
   • ▪ (of a ship) move by being hauled on a rope attached to a stationary object.
   • 3. (in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth: "cotton string will be warped on the loom in the rug-weaving process"
   • 4. cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding: "the main canal may be cut so as to warp the lands on each side of it"

   noun

   • 1. a twist or distortion in the shape or form of something: "the head of the racket had a curious warp"
   • ▪ relating to or denoting (fictional or hypothetical) space travel by means of distorting space-time: "warp speed"
   • ▪ an abnormality or perversion in a person's character: "no mind is more capable of warps than his"
   • 2. (in weaving) the threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth: "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: archaic "the warp or muddy deposit dug from an old riverbed"

   Word Origin Old Englishweorpan (verb), wearp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werpen and German werfen ‘to throw’. Early verb senses included ‘throw’ and ‘hit with a missile’; the sense ‘bend’ dates from late Middle English. The noun was originally a term in weaving (see warp (sense 2 of the noun)).

   Derivatives

   • 1. warper noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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