Meaning

15 senses
  1. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.

    (transitive)To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.

    The moisture warped the board badly.

    to warp space and time

    biegen, verbiegen, krümmmen

    деформи́роватьdeformírovatʹ, искажа́тьiskažátʹ, искази́тьiskazítʹ

    bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

  2. (intransitive)To become twisted out of shape; to deform.

    Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.

  3. (transitive)To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.

    Funny how the thought of huge profits can warp your judgment.

  4. (intransitive)To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.

    His perspective had warped after his extreme experiences.

  5. (transitive)To arrange strands of thread lengthwise on a loom.

  6. To move:

    (transitive)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.

    verholen, schleppen

    верпова́тьverpovátʹ

  7. (intransitive)To move or be moved by this method.

  8. (dated, intransitive, rare)To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.

  9. (ambitransitive)To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.

  10. (ambitransitive)To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.

  11. (ambitransitive, obsolete)To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.

  12. (ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete, rare)To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Tom has a warped sense of humor.

    ruУ Тома извращённое чувство юмора.

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  2. I think videogames are warping our kids' minds.

    ruЯ думаю, что видеоигры искажают психику наших детей.

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  3. Boards will warp unless kept dry.

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  4. The shopkeeper couldn't tell warp from weft.

    deDer Ladenbesitzer konnte Kette und Schuss nicht auseinanderhalten.

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  5. The tree roots are warping the pavement.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to twist or turn something out of shape:
to move a vessel:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to twist or turn something out of shape:
to move a vessel:

Origin

From Middle English werpen, weorpen, worpen, from Old English weorpan (“to throw”), from P

From Middle English werpen, weorpen, worpen, from Old English weorpan (“to throw”), from Proto-West Germanic *werpan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).

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Forms

warps, warping, warped, warped
Base formwarp · to warp
3rd person singularwarps
Present participlewarping
Past simplewarped
Past participlewarped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywarp
he, she, itwarps

Past simpleLesson

all personswarped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave warped
he, she, ithas warped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill warp

Synonyms

61 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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