warping Definition

warp
verb, tr & intr warped, warping

1. Said of wood and other hard materials: to become, or make it become, twisted out of shape through the shrinking and expanding effects of damp or heat, etc.

Thesaurus: distort, deform, contort, bend, kink.
2. To become, or make something, distorted, corrupted or perverted.
3. To misinterpret something; deliberately to give a false meaning to something.
4. To turn something from the right course.
5. naut.
To move (a vessel) by hauling on a rope fixed to a position on a wharf.

noun

1. The state or fact of being warped.
2. An unevenness or twist in wood, etc.

Thesaurus: irregularity, kink, bend, distortion, twist.
3. A distorted or abnormal twist in personality, etc.
4. A shift or displacement in a continuous dimension, especially time.
5. naut.
A rope used for warping a vessel.
6. weaving.
The set of threads stretched lengthways in a loom, under and over which the widthways set of threads (the weft or woof²) are passed.

Derivative: warped
adj

Derivative: warper
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon weorpan to throw.