noun
- a distortion, as a twist or bend, in wood or in an object made of wood, caused by contraction in drying
- any similar distortion, as in metal
- the state or fact of being so distorted
- a mental twist, quirk, aberration, or bias
- silt, sediment, or mud deposited as by a stream
- a deposit of this
- Naut. a rope or line run from a boat, etc. to a dock, buoy, anchor, etc., and used to warp the vessel into position
- Weaving the set of threads running lengthwise in the loom and crossed by the weft, or woof
- the very fiber or essential part of something; foundation; base
Origin:
ME < OE wearp < base of weorpan, to throw, akin to Ger werfen < IE *werb- < base *wer-, to turn, bend > worm
transitive verb
- to bend, curve, or twist out of shape; distort
- to turn from the true, natural, or right course
- to turn from a healthy, sane, or normal condition; pervert; bias: said of the mind, character, judgment, etc.
- to twist or distort in telling; misinterpret: a warped account
- Naut. to move (a boat, etc.) by hauling on a line fastened to a pile, dock, anchor, etc.
- Weaving to arrange (threads or yarns) so as to form a warp
Origin:
ME warpen, to throw, bend < OE weorpan, to throw