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warp

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Noun

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
  2. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
  3. A distortion: A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
  4. A distortion: A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
  5. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  6. The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
  7. A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
  8. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  9. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
  10. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
  11. A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.

Verb

  1. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
  2. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
  3. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
  4. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
  5. To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
  6. To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
  7. To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
  8. To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
  9. To move: 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.
  10. To move: To move or be moved by this method.
  11. To move: To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
  12. To move: To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
  13. To bring forth (young) prematurely.
  14. To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
  15. To throw.

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