warp
- Noun. (obsolete) A throw; a cast.
- Noun. (dialectal) A cast of fish (herring, haddock, etc.); four, as a tale of counting fish.
- Noun. (dialectal) The young of an animal when brought forth prematurely; a cast lamb, kid. calf, or foal.
- Noun. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water atificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
- Noun. (uncountable) The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
- Noun. A cast or twist; a distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
- Noun. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- Noun. (nautical) A line or cable used in warping a ship.
- Noun. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utterance to.
- Verb. (transitive, dialectal) To bring forth (young) prematurely, said of cattle, sheep, horses, etc. .
- Verb. (transitive, dialectal) To cause a person to suddenly come into a particular state; throw.
- Verb. (transitive, dialectal) (context, of the wind or sea) To toss or throw around; carry along by natural force.
- Verb. (ambitransitive, dialectal) (context, of a door) To throw open; open wide.
- Verb. To twist or turn something out of shape.
- Verb. To deflect something from a true or proper course.
- Verb. To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias.
- Verb. To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- Verb. To weave, hence (context, figuratively) to fabricate; plot.
- Verb. (nautical) 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.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape.
- Verb. (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a correct course.
- Verb. (intransitive, nautical) (for a ship) to be moved by warping.
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