warp

Meanings

Noun

  • The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
  • A distortion:
  • The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  • The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
  • A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
  • A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  • A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
  • The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
  • A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp, from Proto-Germanic *warpÄ… ("a warp"), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- ("to turn, bend"). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp.
  • From Middle English werpen, weorpen, worpen, from Old English weorpan ("to throw, cast, cast down, cast away, throw off, throw out, expel, throw upon, throw open, drive away, sprinkle, hit, hand over, lay hands on (a person), cast lots, charge with, accuse of"), from Proto-Germanic *werpanÄ… ("to throw, turn"), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- ("to bend, turn"). Cognate with Scots warp ("to throw, warp"), North Frisian werpen ("to throw"), Dutch werpen ("to throw, cast"), German werfen ("to throw, cast"), Icelandic verpa ("to throw").

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