Warp Definition

wôrp

warped, warping, warps

verb

warped, warping, warps

To bend or twist out of shape; distort.

Webster's New World

To turn from the true, natural, or right course.

Webster's New World

To turn aside from the true, natural, or right course.

Webster's New World

To turn from a healthy, sane, or normal condition; pervert; bias.

Webster's New World

To warp a vessel to a new position.

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noun

warps

A distortion, as a twist or bend, in wood or in an object made of wood, caused by contraction in drying.

Webster's New World

Any similar distortion, as in metal.

Webster's New World

The state or fact of being so distorted.

Webster's New World

A mental twist, quirk, aberration, or bias.

Webster's New World

Warp and woof.

American Heritage

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Origin of Warp

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").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier"), from Proto-Germanic *warpaz (“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 Wiktionary
Middle English werpen from Old English weorpan to throw away wer-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition