Definitions for the word "warp" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To weave; to fabricate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. i.
To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v.
The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v.
A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v.
A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. v.
Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. v.
The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
21. v.
1 a make or become distorted, esp. Through heat, damp, etc. B make or become perverted or strange (warped sense of humour). 2 haul (a ship) by a rope attached to a fixed point. n. 1 a warped state, esp. Of timber. B perversion of the mind. 2 lengthwise threads in a loom. 3 rope used in warping a ship. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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