1. [n]  yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
2. [n]  a moral or mental distortion
3. [n]  a shape distorted by twisting or folding
4. [n]  a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
5. [v]  bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"
6. [v]  make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

1. \Warp\, v. t. (A["e]ronautics)
   To twist the end surfaces of (an a["e]rocurve in an
   a["e]roplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium.
   

2. \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Warping}.] [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp
   a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a
   ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries.
   werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa['i]rpan; cf. Skr.
   vrj to twist. ????. Cf. {Wrap}.]
   1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
      utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
   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.] --Nares.
            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.
   {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. --Davies & Peck.
   

3. \Warp\, v. i.
   1. 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.
            One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like
            green timber, warp, warp.             --Shak.
            They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another,
            to keep it from casting, or warping.  --Moxon.
   2. to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper
      course; to deviate; to swerve.
            There is our commission, From which we would not
            have you warp.                        --Shak.
   3. To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave,
      like a flock of birds or insects.
            A pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern
            wind.                                 --Milton.
   4. To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of
      cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
   5. (Weaving) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of
      a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
   

4. \Warp\, n. [AS. wearp; akin to Icel. varp a casting,
   throwing, Sw. varp the draught of a net, Dan. varp a towline,
   OHG. warf warp, G. werft. See {Warp}, v.]
   1. (Weaving) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the
      loom, and crossed by the woof.
   2. (Naut.) 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.
   3. (Agric.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides,
      etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed. --Lyell.
   4. A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
      etc. [Prov. Eng.]
   5. Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See {Cast}, n., 17.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
   6. [From {Warp}, v.] The state of being warped or twisted;
      as, the warp of a board.
   {Warp beam}, the roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
   {Warp fabric}, fabric produced by warp knitting.
   {Warp frame}, or {Warp-net frame}, a machine for making warp
      lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for
      each needle.
   {Warp knitting}, a kind of knitting in which a number of
      threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous
      threads on either side; -- also called {warp weaving}.
   {Warp lace}, or {Warp net}, lace having a warp crossed by
      weft threads.
   

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