warp

1 a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting [syn: deflection]

2 a shape distorted by twisting or folding [syn: buckle]

3 a moral or mental distortion [syn: warping]

4 yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof

1 make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: falsify, distort, garble]

2 bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave" [syn: heave, buckle]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)p

Etymology 1

Old English wearp

Noun

warp

1. The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
2. A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
3. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof.
4. A line or cable used in warping a ship.

Related terms

• warp and woof
• warp drive
• warp factor
• warpedness

Etymology 2

Old English weorpan

Verb

1. To twist or turn something out of shape
2. To deflect something from a true or proper course
3. To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias
4. To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving
5. 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
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     We had a dreary morning's work before us, for there was no sign of any wind, and the boats had to be got out and manned, and the ship warped three or four miles around the corner of the island...

6. To become twisted out of shape
7. To go astray or be deflected from a correct course
8. intransitive nautical (for a ship) to be moved by warping

Translations

Warp is a verb and noun pertaining to distortion and twisting, and to lines and ropes used in the contexts below.

Warp may refer to:

Ships and aircraft

• Wing warping, a manner of controlling the roll of an aeroplane
• Warp drive, the faster-than-light movement in science fiction, as used in Star Trek.
• Warping (sailing), a slow method of moving a boat in still waters or against the wind

Computers

• WARP (computer), DARPA-sponsored parallel computer
• OS/2, where version 3.0 was known as Warp
• WARP (software), a product for IBM mainframes to improve performance from APT International - a former Monaco based company
• Warp (Cypress), a VHDL Cypress development system for CPLD
• WARP (Information Security), from the acronym for Warning, advice and reporting point

Music

• Warp (album), New Musik's 1982 album
• Judy and Mary's 2001 album Warp
• Warp Films, a side project of Warp Records
• "Time Warp," a song and dance featured in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Warp Records, an independent UK record label

Books and comics

• WaRP Graphics, an alternative comics publisher
• Warp, a comic book published by First Comics
• Warp (comics), a DC Comics supervillain

Games

• Warp zone, an area in a video game where players can go from one place or level to another
• Warp Online Gaming, creator of Fire Realm
• WARP (game developer), a now-defunct video game developer
• Immaterium, also known as the Warp, an alternate dimension in the Warhammer 40,000 universe

Miscellaneous

• Warp (weaving) the set of lengthwise threads attached to a loom
• Image warping, the process of distorting an image digitally
• Revealed preference, from the acronym for Weak Axiom of Revealed Preferences
• Warp, a brand of energy mints
• WARP, USAID's West African Regional Program

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