Main Entry: ²warp

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : to arrange (yarns) so as to form a warp
2 a : to turn or twist out of or as if out of shape; especially : to twist or bend out of a plane b : to cause to judge, choose, or act wrongly or abnormally : pervert c : distort <intellect and learning…warped by prejudices — Irving Wallace> <warps space and time> d : to deflect from a course
3 : to move (as a ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed objectintransitive verb 1 : to become warped
2 : to move a ship by warping

synonyms see deform

— warp·er noun