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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
warp \warp\ waddrp, v. t. imp.  p. p. warped
   waddrpt; p. pr.  vb. n. warping. oe. warpen; fr.
   icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to
   throw; akin to dan. varpe to warp a ship, sw. varpa, as.
   weorpan to cast, os. werpan, ofries. werpa, d.  lg. werpen,
   g. werfen, goth. wa'irpan; cf. skr. v.rj to twist.
   root144. cf. wrap.
   1913 webster
   1. to throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
      utter. obs. --piers plowman.
      1913 webster

   2. to turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
      of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
      1913 webster

            the planks looked warped.             --coleridge.
      1913 webster

            walter warped his mouth at this
            to something so mock solemn, that i laughed.
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
      incline; to pervert.
      1913 webster

            this first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            i have no private considerations to warp me in this
            controversy.                          --addison.
      1913 webster

            we are divested of all those passions which cloud
            the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
                                                  --southey.
      1913 webster

   4. to weave; to fabricate. r.  poetic. --nares.
      1913 webster

            while doth he mischief warp.          --sternhold.
      1913 webster

   5. naut. to tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
      attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
      1913 webster

   6. to cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
      etc. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   7. agric. to let the tide or other water in upon lowlying
      land, for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of
      warp, or slimy substance. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   8. rope making to run off the reel into hauls to be tarred,
      as yarns.
      1913 webster

   9. weaving to arrange yarns on a warp beam.
      1913 webster

   10. aeronautics to twist the end surfaces of an aerocurve
       in an airfoil in order to restore or maintain
       equilibrium.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   warped surface geom., a surface generated by a straight
      line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions
      shall be in the same plane. --davies  peck.
      1913 webster
see also:
warped warping wrap warped surface 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
warping \warp"ing\, n.
   1. the act or process of one who, or that which, warps.
      1913 webster

   2. the art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the
      weaver. --craig.
      1913 webster

   warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to
      retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land.
      --craig.

   warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the
      yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring.

   warping mill, a machine for warping yarn.

   warping penny, money, varying according to the length of
      the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying
      the warp. prov. eng. --wright.

   warping post, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn.
      1913 webster
see also:
warping bank warping hook warping mill warping penny warping post 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
warping
     n : a moral or mental distortion syn: warp
see also:
warp 

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