Warp

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warp
verb
past tense: warped; past participle: warped
  1. 1.
    make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.
    “moisture had warped the box”
    synonyms: buckle, twist, bend, distort, deform, misshape, malform, curve, make/become crooked/curved, flex, bow, arch, contort, gnarl, kink, wrinkle

    “timber which is too dry will warp and lose its strength”
    antonyms: straighten, keep shape
    • make abnormal or strange; distort.
      “your judgement has been warped by your obvious dislike of him”
      synonyms: corrupt, twist, pervert, deprave, bend, skew

      “a fanatic who warped the mind of her only child”
  2. 2.
    (with reference to a ship) move or be moved along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore.
    “crew and passengers helped warp the vessels through the shallow section”
  3. 3.
    (in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth.
    “cotton string will be warped on the loom in the rug-weaving process”
  4. 4.
    cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding.
    “the main canal may be cut so as to warp the lands on each side of it”
Origin
Old English weorpan (verb), wearp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werpen and German werfen ‘to throw’. Early verb senses included ‘throw’ and ‘hit with a missile’; the sense ‘bend’ dates from late Middle English. The noun was originally a term in weaving (see sense 2 of the noun).
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