Definition of "warp" in Anglais

noun

(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
(countable) A distortion:
(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
(figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
(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.
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
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.
- The silt is brought down and the strong tide of the Humber brings it up in very large quantities, so that the river the whole way through nearly is exceedingly thick. Added to that I may say that we suffer from warp to a tremendous extent.
(obsolete outside dialects) 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.
- a warp of fish

verb

To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
(ambitransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
(transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
(ambitransitive, rare, obsolete, figurative) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
(transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
To move:
(ambitransitive, obsolete outside dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
(ambitransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
(transitive, very rare, obsolete) To throw.