WARP
Dictionary entry overview: What does warp mean?
• WARP (noun)
The noun WARP has 4 senses:
1. a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
2. a shape distorted by twisting or folding
3. a moral or mental distortion
4. yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
Familiarity information: WARP used as a noun is uncommon.
• WARP (verb)
The verb WARP has 2 senses:
1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
2. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
Familiarity information: WARP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WARP (noun)
Meaning:
A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
deflection; warp
Hypernyms ("warp" is a kind of...):
aberrance; aberrancy; aberration; deviance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)
Meaning:
A shape distorted by twisting or folding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
buckle; warp
Hypernyms ("warp" is a kind of...):
distorted shape; distortion (a shape resulting from distortion)
Meaning:
A moral or mental distortion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
warping; warp
Hypernyms ("warp" is a kind of...):
deformation; distortion (a change for the worse)
Meaning:
Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("warp" is a kind of...):
thread; yarn (a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving)
Holonyms ("warp" is a part of...):
weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)
Holonyms ("warp" is a substance of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
• WARP (verb)
Meaning:
Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
distort; falsify; garble; warp
Hypernyms (to "warp" is one way to...):
belie; misrepresent (represent falsely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "warp"):
mangle; murder; mutilate (alter so as to make unrecognizable)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
warp; buckle; heave
Context example:
The highway buckled during the heat wave
Hypernyms (to "warp" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "warp"):
lift (rise upward, as from pressure or moisture)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
