Main Entry:

²warp

Function:

verb

Date:

14th century

transitive verb

1: to arrange (yarns) so as to form a warp2 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 course3: to move (as a ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed objectintransitive verb1: to become warped2: to move a ship by warping

synonyms see deform

— warp·er noun