warp
/ˈwoɹp/ verb C2- To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform. · The moisture warped the board badly.· to warp space and time
- To become twisted out of shape; to deform. · Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.
- To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias. · Funny how the thought of huge profits can warp your judgment.
- To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate. · His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.
- To arrange strands of thread lengthwise on a loom.
- To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
- To move or be moved by this method.
- To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
He/she/it warps · Past warped · Past participle warped · -ing form warping
Verb forms
- Base form
- warp
- He/she/it
- warps
- Past
- warped
- Past participle
- warped
- -ing form
- warping
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Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting “cotton warp” quilts--she had knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices--and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.
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