warp

²warp

verb

Definition of WARP

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 object

intransitive verb

1

: to become warped

2

: to move a ship by warping

— warp·er noun

Examples of WARP

1. The wood was warped by moisture.
2. The heat caused the wood to warp.
3. He held prejudices that warped his judgment.

First Known Use of WARP

14th century

Related to WARP

Synonyms: bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, garble

Antonyms: elevate, ennoble, uplift

Related Words: misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms: clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out; decipher

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