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warp

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  1. deform                
 
1. warp \'wo.(*)rp\ n [ME, fr. OE wearp; akin to OHG warf warp, ON verpa to 
   throw] [2warp] 1a1: a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and 
   crossed by the woo f 1a2: the cords forming the carcass of a pneumatic tire 
    1b: FOUNDATION, BASE  2: a rope for warping a ship or boat  3: a bed or 
   layer of deposited sediment  4a: the state or fact of being out of true in 
   plane or line; also :  an instance of warping {a ~ in a door panel} 4b: a 
   mental twist or aberration 
2. warp vb [ME warpen, fr. OE weorpan to throw; akin to ON verpa to thro] 
   [ME warpen, fr. 1warp] [1warp]w, Gk rhembein to whirl 1a: to turn or twist 
   out of shape; esp : to twist or bend out of a  plane 1b: to cause to judge, 
   choose, or act wrongly : PERVERT  1c: FALSIFY, DISTORT  1d: to deflect from 
   a course  2: to arrange (yarns) so as to form a warp  3: to move (as a 
   ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed object  1: to become warped  
   of a ship  2: to become moved by warping  - warp.er n