Warp
[wɔːp] or [wɔrp]
Definition
(noun.) yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.
(noun.) a moral or mental distortion.
(noun.) a shape distorted by twisting or folding.
Editor: Pedro--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
(v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
(v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
(v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.
(v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
(v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
(v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
(v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
(v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
(v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.
(v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
(v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
(v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
(v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
(v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
(v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
(v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
(v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
(v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
(v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Twist or be twisted out of shape (by drying), spring, bend.
v. a. [1]. Twist out of shape (by drying).[2]. Pervert, distort, deviate, bend, bias, turn aside, cause to swerve.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Turn, twist, shrink, give, contort, bias, unhinge, distort, prejudice, corrupt,narrow, pervert
ANT:Stand, hold, direct, guide, control, correct, regulate, train, conduct,rectify, expand
Editor: Winthrop
Definition
v.t. to turn: to twist out of shape: to turn from the right course: to pervert: to move a vessel by hauling on warps or ropes attached to buoys other ships anchors &c.: to improve land by distributing on it by means of embankments canals flood-gates &c. the alluvial mud brought down by rivers: (rare) to change.—v.i. to be twisted out of a straight direction: to bend: to swerve: to move with a bending motion.—n. alluvial sediment: the threads stretched out lengthwise in a loom to be crossed by a woof: a rope used in towing.—adj. Warped twisted by shrinking: perverted.—ns. War′per; War′ping; War′ping-bank a bank to retain water in the process of warping land; War′ping-hook a ropemakers' hook used in twisting rope-yarns; War′ping-post a post in a rope-walk used in warping rope-yarn.
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- The warp was made by the cloth and linen manufacturers, and the weft yarns furnished by the woman spinsters throughout the country. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The intervening loops and threads are attached to another frame or heddle, and the two heddles by being worked, one up and the other down, separate the warp threads to form the shed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Through this shed the shuttle which carries the woof or filling thread is sent crosswise the warp threads. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Jacquard’s invention consisted in individualizing and differentiating the movement of the warp threads, instead of operating them in constant groups. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For this purpose the warp threads, usually horizontal, are each passed through a loop, and every alternate loop is attached to a frame called a heddle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When properly dried it does not shrink, warp or swell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Among the recent devices is one which dispenses with the expensive and skilful work by hand of drawing the warp threads into the eyes of the heddles and through the reed of the loom. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Your mind is warped; you have judged wrong. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Jarndyce and Jarndyce has warped him out of himself and perverted me in his eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A form so straight and fine, I argued, must conceal a mind warped and cruel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Are there reasons why Skimpole, not being warped by prejudices, should accept it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am not warped by prejudices, as an Italian baby is by bandages. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The door of the press was warped and cracked with age, and the lock was of the smallest and commonest kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Such grace as was visible in it, made it the uglier, showing how warped and perverted all things good by nature were become. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These final operations are performed by the warping and dressing machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The problems of balance and of turning corners were therefore both met and solved by warping the planes to meet the conditions of the airship’s contact with the wind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Warping and Dressing and other Finishing Operations. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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