warp

Part of speech: verb

To twist out of shape, as by shrinkage; distort; bias.

Part of speech: verb

To move ( a vessel) by hauling on a rope attached to some fixed object.

Part of speech: noun

The state of being warped; a twist.

Part of speech: noun

The threads that run the long way of a fabric.

Part of speech: noun

A light cable.

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Usage examples "warp":

  1. The weaving was done on an upright or warp- weighted loom. - "Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed.", S. A. Reilly.
  2. If soaked in boiling water some species shrink and warp more than if dried without this treatment. - "Seasoning of Wood", Joseph B. Wagner.
  3. And with all of its defects it was splendid because the warp thereof was purpose and the woof enthusiasm. - "The Precipice", Elia Wilkinson Peattie.