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Definitions of: warp

Definition: To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

Definition: To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.

Definition: To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.

Definition: To weave; to fabricate.

Definition: To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

Definition: To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

Definition: To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.

Definition: To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.

Definition: To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

Definition: To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.

Definition: The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

Definition: A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.

Definition: A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.

Definition: A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

Definition: Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.

Definition: The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.

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