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The definition of warp
14 Definitions of: warp
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- verb, to twist or cause to twist out of shape, as from heat, damp, etc
- verb, to turn or cause to turn from a true, correct, or proper course
- verb, to pervert or be perverted
- verb, to prepare (yarn) as a warp
- verb, nautical to move (a vessel) by hauling on a rope fixed to a stationary object ashore or (of a vessel) to be moved thus
- verb, (formerly) to curve or twist (an aircraft wing) in order to assist control in flight
- verb, to flood (land) with water from which alluvial matter is deposited
- noun, the state or condition of being twisted out of shape
- noun, a twist, distortion, or bias
- noun, a mental or moral deviation
- noun, the yarns arranged lengthways on a loom, forming the threads through which the weft yarns are woven
- noun, the heavy threads used to reinforce the rubber in the casing of a pneumatic tyre
- noun, nautical a rope used for warping a vessel
- noun, alluvial sediment deposited by water
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| Synonyms: | turn, contort, twist, bend, defect, flaw, distortion, deviation, quirk, imperfection | And more... |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of warp