Warping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warp \Warp\ (w[add]rp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}
     (w[add]rpt); 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['i]rpan; cf. Skr. v[.r]j to twist.


     [root]144. Cf. {Wrap}.]
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     1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
        utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
        of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
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              The planks looked warped.             --Coleridge.
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              Walter warped his mouth at this
              To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
        incline; to pervert.
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              This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              I have no private considerations to warp me in this
              controversy.                          --Addison.
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              We are divested of all those passions which cloud
              the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
                                                    --Southey.
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     4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares.
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              While doth he mischief warp.          --Sternhold.
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     5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
        attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
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     6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
        etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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     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.]
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     8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred,
        as yarns.
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     9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
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     10. (Aeronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve
         in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain
         equilibrium.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warping \Warp"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.
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     2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the
        weaver. --Craig.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  warping
       n : a moral or mental distortion [syn: {warp}]