Warp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.]
1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.]
2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
The planks looked warped. --Coleridge.
Walter warped his mouth at this
To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson.
3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden.
I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison.
We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey.
4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.]
While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold.
5. Naut. To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
7. Agric. To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.]
8. Rope Making To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
9. Weaving To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
10. Aeronautics To twist the end surfaces of (an aerocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
Warped surface Geom., a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane.
warped
adj : used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape
usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and
cracked"