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warp
UK /wɔːp/ US /wɔɹp/
noun 5verb 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
broken, dry, existing, vertical, wooden
VERB + WARP
boards, couldn't, suffer, tell, time
WARP + NOUN
feelings, nacelles, sag, space, weft
PREP.
from, from, in, in, on, with
Definitions
noun
1
The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
All frames found to suffer from warp should be broken up straight away before the printer is tempted during a rush to make use of them.
Rough lumber is rarely perfectly straight, and may suffer from warp,
2
The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
He believed that we were suffering from warp or bias, that a blind spot contorted our mental vision.
[…] and may discover that the potency of this politician-father had so altered the freedom with which corrective authority could be imposed on his son that to an extraordinary extent the person as an adult continues to suffer from warp acquired at home as a child.
3
A distortion:
Wills, too, was struck down by a pole but was saved because a warp in the wood bent upwards, creating a pocket for his body.
In yet another ironic twist in a story richly endowed with such warps, the Tsar's telegram crossed one despatched in the other direction.
4
A distortion:
It is interesting to note that it has been suggested by Lugaro to partially extirpate the thyroid in cases of moral insanity; an excessive secretion of thyroid being regarded as the cause of excessive amativeness, thieving, and other mental warps […]
5
The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
verb
1
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
The moisture warped the board badly.
to warp space and time
2
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.
One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp.
3
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
This firſt avovv'd; nor Folly vvarp'd my Mind, / Nor the frail Texture of the Female Kind / Betray'd my Vertue: […]
I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy.
4
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.
There is our commission, / From which we would not have you warp.
5
To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
The usual method is to warp the yarn, either in whole or half hauls, […]
The next part of the process previous to tarring, is that of warping the yarns, or stretching them all to one length.
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Idioms & Phrases
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All frames found to suffer from warp should be broken up straight away before the printer is tempted during a rush to make use of them.
Wiktionary02
Rough lumber is rarely perfectly straight, and may suffer from warp,
Wiktionary03
The part is not fragile, does not need benching to remove "stair-stepping" on curved surfaces and does not need post curing. It does not suffer from warp, sag or curl.
Wiktionary04
The moisture warped the board badly.
Wiktionary05
to warp space and time
Wiktionary06
The trauma had permanently warped her mind.
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