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warp verb.
[Old English weorpan corresp. to Old Saxon werpan, Old High German werfan (Dutch werpen, German werfen), Old Norse verpa, Gothic wairpan, from Germanic. Cf. WAP verb2.]
I.
verb trans.
a. Project through space; throw, fling. Long obsolete exc. dial. OE.
b. Cast (lots). OE-ME.
verb trans. Sprinkle, scatter on a surface; spurt or shoot out. OE-ME.
a. verb trans. Open (a gate) violently or suddenly; fling open, throw up. Long obsolete exc. dial. OE.
b. verb intrans. Of a door: open. LME-E16.
verb trans.
a. Drive away or out, expel, reject, renounce. OE-ME.
b. Throw (a person) suddenly or roughly into prison, distress, etc. ME-L16.
verb trans. Strike, hit (with a missile). OE-ME.
verb trans. Throw down; overthrow. Only in ME.
verb trans. Utter, pronounce (a word, speech); utter (a cry), heave (a sigh). Also with out. ME-E16.
verb trans. & intrans.
a. Lay (eggs). dial. ME.
b. Of a ewe, cow, etc.: give birth to (young) prematurely. dial. E18.
II.
verb trans.
a. Orig., weave (a fabric). Later, arrange (yarn) so as to form a warp; wind on a warp-beam. ME.
b. fig. Weave, contrive, devise. Also foll. by up. LME-L18.
verb trans. Angling. Fasten (an artificial fly) to the hook. Foll. by on, up, etc. L17.
verb trans. In rope-making, stretch (yarn) into lengths to be tarred. E19.
verb trans. Twist, insert (one thing into another); intertwine. obsolete exc. Scot. E19.
III.
verb trans. Bend or twist (an object) out of shape, distort; spec. curve (timber) by the application of steam. LME.
E. Bowen Warped by sea damp, the doors were all stuck ajar. L. Alther She accused him of warping the Beatles album she'd given him.
b. Aeronautics (now Hist.). Bend or twist (a wing or aerofoil) by an attached wire to stabilize or turn an aeroplane. E20.
verb intrans. Of timber, metal, etc.: become bent or twisted out of shape, esp. by the action of heat or damp. LME.
A. Ayckbourn We have to climb out of the..window..because the front door warps when it rains.
verb intrans. & trans. Shrink, shrivel, contract. rare. L16.
verb trans. Distort (the mind, judgement, etc.); bias; make perverted or strange. Also foll. by from, out of, to. L16.
E. Waugh The poor old girl had plainly had her tastes warped by Roger Fry. J. Cheever O'Brien warped my whole outlook on sex.
verb intrans.
a. Be biased, be perversely drawn or attracted (to, towards). Also, bend, yield (to); submit to do something. L16-L18.
b. Be influenced in one's judgement or sentiments, become biased; deviate, go astray. (Foll. by from.) E17-E19.
a. verb intrans. Turn or incline in a specified direction. rare exc. Scot. L17.
b. verb trans. Turn aside or divert (a moving object) from its path or orbit; deflect. Now rare. E18.
verb trans. Distort (a word or statement), misinterpret, falsify (a fact, account, etc.). E18.
verb intrans. Science Fiction. Travel through space by way of a space or time warp. M20.
IV.
Nautical.
a. verb trans. Move or tow (a ship) by hauling on a rope or warp. Freq. foll. by away, in, out, round. E16.
T. Pynchon Men stand on shore waiting to take lines and warp the barges in.
b. verb intrans. Of a ship: move by warping. M16.
verb intrans. Float or whirl through the air. Chiefly poet. M16.
verb trans.
a. Heap up (alluvial sediment) by gradual deposit from a current. Also foll. by up. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
b. Choke or silt up (a channel) with alluvial deposit. M18.
verb trans. Silt over (land) by flooding. L18.
verb intrans. & refl. Progress slowly or with effort using one's hands and feet; haul oneself along. Now rare. L18.
warpage noun (a) rare a charge for warping or hauling ships into a harbour; (b) the extent or result of (esp. timber) warping or bending: M19.
warped ppl adjective (a) bent, twisted out of shape; (b) distorted, perverted; (c) (of land) enriched with alluvial warp: LME.