ALL meanings of warping
warp
W w - verb with object warping to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring. 1
- verb with object warping to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course. 1
- noun warping Present participle of warp. 1
- verb with object warping to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.; bias; falsify: Prejudice warps the mind. 1
- verb with object warping Aeronautics. to curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control. 1
- verb with object warping Nautical. to move (a vessel) into a desired place or position by hauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy or anchor. 1
- verb with object warping Agriculture. to fertilize (land) by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter. 1
- verb without object warping to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form: The wood has warped in drying. 1
- verb without object warping to be or become biased; hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like. 1
- verb without object warping Nautical. to warp a ship or boat into position. (of a ship or boat) to move by being warped. 1
- verb without object warping (of a stratum in the earth's crust) to bend slightly, to a degree that no fold or fault results. 1
- noun warping a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly. 1
- noun warping a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude or judgment. 1
- noun warping the set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric. 1
- noun warping time warp. 1
- noun warping a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes, etc. 1
- noun warping Also called spring, spring line. Nautical. a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position. 1
- noun warping alluvial matter deposited by water, especially water let in to inundate low land so as to enrich it. 1
- noun warping An action or motion that warps or twists. 0
- noun warping (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust over a large area. 0
- noun warping The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver. 0
- noun warping The practice of flooding agricultural land with turbid river water to add sediment to the soil. 0