Definition/Meaning of warp

• English - Noun: warp (countable and uncountable, plural warps) (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twist ed, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twist ed out of shape . 2001, Roland Johnson, Automotive Woodworking : Restoration, Repair and Replacement, →ISBN: Rough lumber is rarely perfectly straight, and may suffer from warp , 1920, The…
• English - Verb: warp (third-person singular simple present warps, present participle warping, simple past and past participle warped) (transitive) To twist or become twisted , physically or mentally .: To twist or turn (something) out of shape ; to deform . to warp space and time The moisture warped the board badly. (intransitive) To become twist ed out of shape; to deform . Over the years the post had warped…
• English - Anagrams: wrap
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English warp , werp , from Old English wearp , warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier”), from Proto-Germanic *warpą (“a warp”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German werfen , Danish and Swedish varp . Etymology 2. From Middle English werpen , weorpen , worpen , from Old English weorpan (“to throw”), from Proto-West…
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɔːp/ (Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard) IPA: /ˈwoːp/ (Canada, General American) IPA: /ˈwoɹp/ (Scotland) IPA: /ˈwɔɾp/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)p