warp

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

• transitive v. To turn or twist (wood, for example) out of shape.
• transitive v. To turn from a correct or proper course; deflect.
• transitive v. To affect unfavorably, unfairly, or wrongly; bias. See Synonyms at bias.
• transitive v. To arrange (strands of yarn or thread) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
• transitive v. Nautical To move (a vessel) by hauling on a line that is fastened to or around a piling, anchor, or pier.
• intransitive v. To become bent or twisted out of shape: The wooden frame warped in the humidity.
• intransitive v. To turn aside from a true, correct, or natural course; go astray. See Synonyms at distort.
• intransitive v. Nautical To move a vessel by hauling on a line that is fastened to or around a piling, anchor, or pier.
• n. The state of being twisted or bent out of shape.
• n. A distortion or twist, especially in a piece of wood.
• n. A mental or moral twist, aberration, or deviation.
• n. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric, crossed at right angles to the woof.
• n. Warp and woof.
• n. Nautical A towline used in warping a vessel.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• n. A throw; a cast.
• n. A cast of fish (herring, haddock, etc.); four, as a tale of counting fish.
• n. The young of an animal when brought forth prematurely; a cast lamb, kid. calf, or foal.
• n. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water atificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
• n. The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
• n. A cast or twist; a distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
• n. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
• n. A line or cable used in warping a ship.
• n. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
• v. To throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.
• v. To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utterance to.
• v. To bring forth (young) prematurely, said of cattle, sheep, horses, etc.
• v. To cause a person to suddenly come into a particular state; throw.
• v. (of the wind or sea) To toss or throw around; carry along by natural force.
• v. (of a door) To throw open; open wide.
• v. To twist or turn something out of shape
• v. To deflect something from a true or proper course
• v. To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias
• v. To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving
• v. To weave, hence (figuratively) to fabricate; plot.
• v. 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
• v. To become twisted out of shape
• v. To go astray or be deflected from a correct course
• v. (for a ship) to be moved by warping

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
• n. 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.
• n. A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
• n. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
• n. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
• n. The state of being warped or twisted.
• intransitive v. To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane.
• intransitive v. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
• intransitive v. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
• intransitive v. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
• intransitive v. To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
• transitive v. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
• transitive v. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
• transitive v. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
• transitive v. To weave; to fabricate.
• transitive v. To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
• transitive v. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
• transitive v. To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
• transitive v. To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
• transitive v. To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
• transitive v. To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• To cast; throw; hurl.
• To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utterance to.
• To bring forth (young) prematurely: said of cattle, sheep, horses, etc.
• In rope-making, to run (the yarn of the winches) into hauls to be tarred. See haul of yarn, under haul.
• To weave; hence, in a figurative sense, to fabricate; plot.
• To give a cast or twist to; turn or twist out of shape or out of straightness, as by unequal contraction, etc.; contort.
• To turn aside from the true direction; cause to bend or incline; pervert.
• Nautical, to move into some desired place or position by hauling on a rope or warp which has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy, anchor, or other ship at or near that place or position: as, to warp a ship into harbor or to her berth.
• In agriculture, to fertilize, as poor or barren land, by means of artificial inundation from rivers which hold large quantities of earthy matter, or warp (see warp, n., 4), in suspension.
• To change.
• To turn, twist, or be twisted out of straightness or the proper shape.
• To turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; deviate; swerve.
• To change for the worse; turn in a wrong direction.
• To weave; hence, to plot.
• To fly with a twisting or bending to this side and that; deflect the course of flight; turn about in flying, as birds or insects.
• To wind yarn off bobbins, to form the warp of a web. See the quotation.
• To slink; cast the young prematurely, as cows.
• Nautical, to work forward by means of a rope fastened to something fixed, as in moving from one berth to another in a harbor, or in making one's way out of a harbor in a calm, or against a contrary wind.
• n. A throw; a cast.
• n. Hence, a cast of herrings, haddocks, or other fish; four, as a tale of counting fish.
• n. A cast lamb, kid, calf, foal, or the like; the young of an animal when brought forth prematurely.
• n. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilize them.
• n. A cast or twist; the twist or bending which occurs in wood in drying; the state of having a cast, or of being warped or twisted.
• n. The threads which are extended lengthwise in a loom, and across which the woof is thrown in the process of weaving.
• n. Nautical, a rope, smaller than a cable, used in towing, or in moving a ship by attachment to something fixed; a towing-line.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
• n. yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
• v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
• n. a shape distorted by twisting or folding
• n. a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
• n. a moral or mental distortion