warp
verb (used with object)
1. to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form,as timbers or flooring.
2. to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
3. to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.;bias; falsify Prejudice warps the mind.
4. Aeronautics. to curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end orends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.
5. Nautical. to move (a vessel) into a desired place or position byhauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as abuoy or anchor.
6. Agriculture. to fertilize (land) by inundation with water that depositsalluvial matter verb (used without object)
7. to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight orflat form: The wood has warped in drying.
9. Nautical.
a. to warp a ship or boat into position.
b. (of a ship or boat) to move by being warped.
10. (of a stratum in the earth's crust) to bend slightly, to a degree thatno fold or fault results.
noun
11. a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something,as in wood that has dried unevenly.
12. a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude orjudgment.
14. time warp.
15. a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of anotherera, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life orattitudes, etc.
16. Also called spring, spring line. Nautical. a rope for warping orhauling a ship or boat along or into position.
17. alluvial matter deposited by water, especially water let in to inundatelow land so as to enrich it.