• | To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. |
• | To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. |
• | To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. |
• | To weave; to fabricate. |
• | To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. |
• | To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. |
• | To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. |
• | To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. |
• | To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. |
• | 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. |
• | to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve. |
• | To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects. |
• | To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. |
• | To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam. |
• | The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof. |
• | 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. |
• | A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. |
• | A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. |
• | Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17. |
• | The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board. |
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