warp
/wɔrp/
noun
- A bend or twist in something that was originally flat or straight.
- The floorboards showed a noticeable warp after the flood.
- The table has a slight warp from being near the radiator.
- You can fix a warp in wood by applying moisture and pressure.
- In weaving, the set of threads that run lengthwise on a loom.
- The warp threads are usually stronger than the weft.
- A break in the warp can ruin the entire pattern.
- She carefully arranged the warp before starting to weave.
- A distortion or change in someone's thinking or behavior.
- There is a strange warp in his logic that makes him hard to follow.
- His constant lying created a warp in his sense of honesty.
- The trauma caused a permanent warp in her personality.
verb
- To become bent or twisted out of shape, usually because of heat, moisture, or pressure.
- The wooden door began to warp after years of rain.
- If you don't dry the book properly, the pages will warp.
- Heat from the sun can warp plastic toys left outside.
- To cause something to become bent or twisted out of shape.
- Leaving the guitar near the heater warped its neck.
- High temperatures can warp metal parts in an engine.
- The carpenter accidentally warped the board by storing it in a damp shed.
- To change someone's thoughts, feelings, or character in a negative way.
- The unfair treatment warped her trust in others.
- Years of isolation warped his view of the world.
- Constant exposure to violent images can warp a child's sense of reality.
- To move or travel very quickly, especially in science fiction, by bending space or time.
- The captain ordered the crew to warp to light speed.
- In the movie, they warp through a wormhole to escape the enemy.
- The spaceship warped to a distant galaxy in seconds.
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