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warp
warp / wôrp/ • v. 1. become or cause to become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or dampness: [intr.] wood has a tendency to warp | [tr.] moisture had warped the box. ∎ [tr.] cause to become abnormal or strange; have a distorting effect on: your judgment has been warped by your obvious dislike of him | [as adj.] (warped) a warped sense of humor. 2. [tr.] move (a ship) along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object on shore. ∎ [intr.] (of a ship) move in such a way. 3. [tr.] (in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth. 4. [tr.] cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding. • n. 1. a twist or distortion in the shape or form of something: the head of the racket had a curious warp. ∎ fig. an abnormality or perversion in a person's character. ∎ [as adj.] relating to or denoting (fictional or hypothetical) space travel by means of distorting space-time: the craft possessed warp drive warp speed. 2. [in sing.] (in weaving) the threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth: fig. rugby is woven into the warp and weft of South African society. 3. a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship. 4. archaic alluvial sediment; silt. DERIVATIVES: warp·age / ˈwôrpij/ n. (in sense 1 of the verb ).warp·er n. (in sense 3 of the verb ). |
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"warp." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "warp." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-warp.html "warp." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-warp.html |
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warp.
1. A light hawser used in the movement of a ship from one place to another by means of a kedge anchor, a capstan, or of men hauling on it. It is not a tow-rope, which involves the power of another ship. When used as a verb it describes the operation of moving a ship by means of warps from one position in harbour to another. 2. As a verb, it was also a term used in rigging lofts in the days of sail to mean the measurement and laying out of rigging before it was cut to the proper lengths. In this case the rigging was said to be warped before it was cut out. 3. The ropes used for securing a ship alongside a quay, jetty, etc., or another ship. See also berthing hawsers. 4. A packet of four herrings is known as a warp, though the term is mainly confined to the east coasts of Britain which border the North Sea herring fishery. 5. The ropes or wires attached to a trawl by which it is veered to the sea bottom. |
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"warp." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "warp." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-warp.html "warp." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-warp.html |
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A. †cast, throw OE.; (after ON. orðum verpa) †utter XIII; B. (after ON. orpinn pp. warped) tr. and intr. bend, twist aside XIV (fig. distort XVI); C. weave, twine XIII; D. tow XVI. OE. str. vb. weorpan = OS. werpan (Du. werpen), OHG. werfan (G. werfen), ON. verpa, Goth. wairpan; no certain cogns. outside Gmc. So warp sb. threads extended lengthwise in the loom OE.; rope, hawser XIII. OE. wearp; some later senses are from the vb. |
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T. F. HOAD. "warp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "warp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-warp.html T. F. HOAD. "warp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-warp.html |
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warp v.
1. move (a ship) along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object on shore. 2. (of a ship) move in such a way. n. a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship. |
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"warp." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "warp." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-warp.html "warp." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-warp.html |
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Warpa throw or cast; a set of four items. Examples: warp of cod, 1533; of fish, 1598; of herrings, 1894; of oysters, 1796; of salt-fish, 1436; of weeks (four weeks), 1599. |
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"Warp." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Warp." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301712.html "Warp." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301712.html |
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warp see weaving . |
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"warp." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "warp." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-warp.html "warp." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-warp.html |
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warp
•dorp, gawp, scaup, scorp, Thorpe, warp, whaup, yawp
•Klerksdorp • Scunthorpe
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"warp." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "warp." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-warp.html "warp." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-warp.html |
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