Warp vs. Wharp
Warpnoun
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
Warpnoun
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
Warpnoun
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
Warpnoun
(countable) A distortion:
Warpnoun
(countable) A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood also used figuratively.
Warpnoun
(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
Warpnoun
(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
Warpnoun
(figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
Warpnoun
(nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
Warpnoun
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
Warpnoun
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
Warpnoun
The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
Warpnoun
A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
Warpverb
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
Warpverb
(transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
Warpverb
(intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
Warpverb
(transitive) To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
Warpverb
(intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
Warpverb
To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
Warpverb
(transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
Warpverb
To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
Warpverb
To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
Warpverb
To move:
Warpverb
To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
Warpverb
To move or be moved by this method.
Warpverb
To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
Warpverb
(ambitransitive) To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
Warpverb
To bring forth (young) prematurely.
Warpverb
To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
Warpverb
To throw.
Warpverb
To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
Warpverb
To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
Warpverb
To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Warpverb
To weave; to fabricate.
Warpverb
To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
Warpverb
To cast prematurely, as young; - said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Warpverb
To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
Warpverb
To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
Warpverb
To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
Warpverb
To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
Warpverb
To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.
Warpverb
to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
Warpverb
To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
Warpverb
To cast the young prematurely; to slink; - said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Warpverb
To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Warpnoun
The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
Warpnoun
A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
Warpnoun
A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
Warpnoun
A premature casting of young; - said of cattle, sheep, etc.
Warpnoun
Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
Warpnoun
The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
Warpnoun
a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
Warpnoun
a shape distorted by twisting or folding
Warpnoun
a moral or mental distortion
Warpnoun
yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
Warpverb
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Warpverb
bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat;
Warpverb
make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp
Warpverb
make abnormal or strange; distort
Warpverb
(with reference to a ship) move or be moved along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore
Warpverb
(in weaving) arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth
Warpverb
cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by natural or artificial flooding
Warpnoun
a twist or distortion in the shape of something
Warpnoun
relating to or denoting (fictional or hypothetical) space travel by means of distorting space–time
Warpnoun
an abnormality or perversion in a person's character
Warpnoun
(in weaving) the threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the weft) are passed to make cloth
Warpnoun
a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship.
Warpnoun
alluvial sediment; silt
Wharpnoun
A fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
Wharpnoun
A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
