warp

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) A throw; a cast.
  2. Noun.  (dialectal) A cast of fish (herring, haddock, etc.); four, as a tale of counting fish.
  3. Noun.  (dialectal) The young of an animal when brought forth prematurely; a cast lamb, kid. calf, or foal.
  4. 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.
  5. Noun.  (uncountable) The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
  6. Noun.  A cast or twist; a distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
  7. Noun.  The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  8. Noun.  (nautical) A line or cable used in warping a ship.
  9. Noun.  A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.
  11. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utterance to.
  12. Verb.  (transitive, dialectal) To bring forth (young) prematurely, said of cattle, sheep, horses, etc. .
  13. Verb.  (transitive, dialectal) To cause a person to suddenly come into a particular state; throw.
  14. Verb.  (transitive, dialectal) (context, of the wind or sea) To toss or throw around; carry along by natural force.
  15. Verb.  (ambitransitive, dialectal) (context, of a door) To throw open; open wide.
  16. Verb.  To twist or turn something out of shape.
  17. Verb.  To deflect something from a true or proper course.
  18. Verb.  To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias.
  19. Verb.  To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
  20. Verb.  To weave, hence (context, figuratively) to fabricate; plot.
  21. 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.
  22. Verb.  (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape.
  23. Verb.  (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a correct course.
  24. Verb.  (intransitive, nautical) (for a ship) to be moved by warping.

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