warp

Meaning of warp

noun
  1. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
  2. A distortion:
  3. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  4. The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
  5. A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
  6. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  7. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
  8. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
  9. (obsolete outside dialectal) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
    a warp of fish
verb
  1. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
  2. (ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
  3. To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
  4. To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
  5. To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
  6. To move:
  7. (obsolete outside dialectal, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
  8. To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
  9. (very rare) To throw.

Information about warp

  • The plural form of warp is: warps.
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Hyphenation of warp

warp

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • warp is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

warp synonyms

Meaning deflection:

deflection

Meaning buckle:

buckle

Meaning warping:

warping

Meaning falsify:

falsify, distort, garble

Meaning heave:

heave, buckle

Translation of warp

Anagrams of warp

wrap

Words that rhyme with warp

Warp, moldwarp, mouldwarp, molewarp, thistlewarp, downwarp, unwarp, upwarp, underwarp, geswarp

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