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Warp   /wɔrp/   Listen
Warp

noun
1.
A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting.  Synonym: deflection.
2.
A shape distorted by twisting or folding.  Synonym: buckle.
3.
A moral or mental distortion.  Synonym: warping.
4.
Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.
verb
(past & past part. warped; pres. part. warping)
1.
Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.  Synonyms: distort, falsify, garble.
2.
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.  Synonyms: buckle, heave.



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"Warp" Quotes from Famous Books



... articles of clothing to supply the demand of the Salesroom of the institution, the lesson in English has a natural, practical bearing, arising from the fact that one hour has been spent with the theory class of the workroom studying the warp and woof of the materials used, perhaps the sixth or seventh lesson in a series on cotton, introduced to the class first in its native heath. Correlation comes in wherever it may, and the association of ideas obtained in class-room and workroom is ...
— Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements • Various

... affectations; he must even have a special and peculiar garb in which to write. All these eccentricities and his outside distractions and ambitions, as well as his noble and pathetic love affair, entered into the warp and woof of his work with effects that can easily be detected by the careful student, who should remember, however, that the master's foibles and peculiarities never for one moment set him outside the small circle of the men of supreme genius. He belongs ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various

... arms! Truly say the philosophers, that the universe is magical in itself, and by mysterious sympathies links like to like. The prophetic instinct of thy future benefits towards me drew me to thee as by an invisible warp, hawser, or chain-cable, from the moment I beheld thee. Thou went a kindred spirit, my brother, though thou knewest it not. Therefore I do not praise thee—no, nor thank thee in the least, though thou hast preserved for me the one palm which shadows my weary steps—the single lotus-flower (in ...
— Hypatia - or, New Foes with an Old Face • Charles Kingsley

... yarn thou needest, With thy fingers do thou spin it, Let the yarn be loosely twisted, But the flaxen thread more closely. 380 Closely in a ball then wind it, On the winch securely twist it, Fix it then upon the warp-beam, And upon the loom secure it, Then the shuttle fling thou sharply, But the yarn do thou draw gently. Weave the thickest woollen garments, Woollen gowns construct thou likewise, From a single fleece prepare them, From a winter fleece construct ...
— Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) - The Land of the Heroes • Anonymous

... of sex defeat the ends of justice? To answer this question it is necessary to determine how far juries are liable to favor the testimony of a woman plaintiff merely because she is a woman, and how far sympathy for a woman arraigned as a prisoner is likely to warp their judgment. ...
— Courts and Criminals • Arthur Train


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