warp

Definition of warp in English English dictionary: To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving; To twist or turn something out of shape; To become twisted out of shape; 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
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.; A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood; To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias; To go astray or be deflected from a correct course; to be moved by warping; A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp; The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft; The state of being bent or twisted out of shape; To deflect something from a true or proper course; A line or cable used in warping a ship; {v} to turn, pervert, contract, prepare, change or move with a warp; {n} the thred that crosses the woof, a rope; To turn or twist out of shape; esp; a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft; To cast the young prematurely; to slink; said of cattle, sheep, etc; To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam; To weave; to fabricate; to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve; Threads that run through the length of a roll of fabric; Threads that run lengthwise in a piece of material, through which the crosswise, weft threads are woven; Warps are the initial structural components of loom-woven fabrics Parallel warp yarns run the length of the loom Wefts are woven through the warps and pile knots are tied to the warps; the yarns that run the length of the loom The warp yarns are pulled through the loom as the weft or filling yarns are woven across the warp to make the fabric; to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise; The yarns that run lengthwise in fabric, woven with the filling; Wire (wire cloth) - The wires in wire cloth that run parallel to the length (i e , the long side of the roll or sheet) (same as line wire) - opposite is weft wire Go Back; to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking; a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting; yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof; To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter; a shape distorted by twisting or folding; To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam; Yarns running lengthwise and parallel to the narrow edge of woven fabric; A premature casting of young; said of cattle, sheep, etc; To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp; 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; The yarns in all woven fabrics that run lengthwise and parallel to the selvage and is interwoven with the filling; Any distortion in the plane of a door itself and not in its relationship to the frame or jamb into which it is hung; See Cast, n; {i} curve developed in something that was originally straight, bending; contortion; lengthwise yarn in a loom; rope for towing a ship; mental aberration, perversion, distortion; a moral or mental distortion; To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object; In cloth, the threads which run the length of the roll Sometimes referred to as the grain direction See also weft; To twist the end surfaces of (an aërocurve in an aëroplane) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium; The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board; In woven fabric, the yarns that run lengthwise and is interwoven with the fill (weft) yarns; In woven fabric, the yarns that run lengthwise and are interwoven with the fill (weft) yarns; (1) the forming of curvature in a flat sheet due to moisture absorption on one side or continued stress or bending action; (2) the lengthwise direction of threads in a woven fabric; (3) distortion in any material, as caused by a nonuniformity of internal stresses; the threads that run lengthwise in a fabric, crossed at right angles by the wool; four herrings; a cast; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heatwave"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story; A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc; ‑ A series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom, crossed by the woof; If something warps or is warped, it becomes damaged by bending or curving, often because of the effect of heat or water. Left out in the heat of the sun, tapes easily warp or get stuck in their cases It should have prevented rain water warping the door trim; To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance; A weaving term for yarns in woven fabrics and carpets that run in the machine direction (or lengthwise) Warp yarns are usually delivered to a weaving loom from a beam mounted behind the loom Woven carpets usually have three sets of warp yarns, which may be wound on three loom beams These include stuffer warp for lengthwise strength and stiffness; pile warp, which forms the carpet surface tufts; and chain warp, which interlaces with ll yarn to lock the structure together; A number of strong threads placed in parallel and stretching from end to end of the cloth piece, with the loom providing the tension for the warp; In weaving, the warp is the threads which are held in a frame or machine called a loom while another thread is passed across through them. Compare weft; yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof a moral or mental distortion a shape distorted by twisting or folding; by which a rich alluvial soil is formed; A warp in time or space is an imaginary break or sudden change in the normal experience of time or space. When a divorced woman re-enters the world of dating and romance, she's likely to feel as though she has entered a time warp; Forming the backbone of a rug, warp yarns are attached to a loom and run the length of a rug; To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects; The yarns running lengthwise and parallel to the selvage in a woven fabric; The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof; Four; esp; 1) The bulging or twisting of wood due to uneven changes in moisture content 2) Threads which run lengthwise across the weave of a fabric
warp and woof: The fundamental structure of any process or system
the manifest destiny theory that justifies the stealing of all territory contiguous to our own, and kindred topics, constitute the warp and woof of conversation.
warp and woof: The threads in a woven fabric, comprised of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create a the texture of the fabric
warp bubble: A detached region of spacetime which is theoretically capable of moving faster than the speed of light
warp bubbles: plural form of warp bubble
warp factor: A hypothetical figure describing a speed of one light-year per hour
warp knit: A knit fabric in which intermeshing loops are positioned in warp, or lengthwise, direction. The fabric has a flatter, closer, less elastic structure than most welt knits and is run-resistant
warp speed: Any very fast speed
Wow, you can cycle at warp speed!.
warp speed: A hypothetical, extremely rapid, speed, resulting from entering a separate dimension, termed hyperspace; much faster than the speed of light
The ship was accelerating to warp speed, when one of the engines failed.
warp speeds: plural form of warp speed
warp and woof: The underlying structure on which something is built; a base or foundation: "profound dislocations throughout the entire warp and woof of the American economy" (David A. Stockman)
warp and woof: foundation of anything; base of something
warp knit: A type of knitted fabric construction in which the yarns are formed into stitches in a lengthwise manner Warp knits are generally less elastic than weft knits Common examples of warp knits are tricot knits and raschel knits
warp knitting: A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side
warp speed: {i} (Amusing Slang) very rapid speed; faster than the speed of light
warp speed: An extremely rapid speed or state of activity: "A young pronghorn antelope teased a yearling wolf, shifting into warp speed and leaving the wolf in the dust when it tried to pursue" (William K. Stevens)
warp the judgment: distort a ruling, falsify a judgment
time warp: A line dance popularized by the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which the dancers take a jump to the left, a step to the right, put their hands on their hips, bend their knees, thrust their pelvises, spin in a circle, jump forward and back, and wiggle
time warp: a hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another
warped: Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape
warped: Of a person's mind, attitude, humour etc, perverse, strange, aberrant or deviant
warped: Simple past tense and past participle of warp
warping: A moral or mental distortion. (synonym) warp
guess warp: A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object
high-warp loom: a handloom in which the warp is carried vertically; for weaving tapestry
low-warp-loom: a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry
time warp: A hypothetical discontinuity or distortion occurring in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another or suspend the passage of time
warpage: Warpage causes the post mold shape of plastic parts to differ from the mold cavity shape Warpage results from nonuniform shrinkage
warpage: Dimensional distortion in a composite part
warpage: The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors
warpage: {i} act or instance of warping; shipping fee
warpage: Uneven bending, Twisting etc on account of differential cooling, differential shrinkage, or non uniform freezing of melt in the mould can cause these conditions in the moulded part
warpage: Dimensional distortion of a plastic part after being processed, particularly when molded It is directly related to material shrinkage and the relieving of unwanted stresses forced upon it while being shaped in the mold in a viscous state Warpage is primarily affected by processing conditions that will require changes to eliminate the problem Also the type of plastic being processed may require very tight processing control to produce warp-free parts
warpage: Dimensional distortion in a molded product
warpage: Twisting of a printed circuit board out of flat surface, caused by uneven heating or poor support while soldering
warpage: The bending or disfiguring of a finished display piece
warpage: dimensional distortion of a plastic object after moulding or other fabrication
warpage: Deformation other than contraction that develops in a casting between solidification and room temperature; also, distortion occurring during annealing, stress relieving, and high-temperature service
warped: Of a persons mind, attitude, humour etc, perverse, strange, aberrant or deviant
warped: used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked
warped: {s} twisted; distorted
warped: past of warp
warper: One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape
warper: {i} perverter; distorter, twister; loom for warping wool
warper: One who, or that which, forms yarn or thread into warps or webs for the loom
warping: present participle of warp
warping: a moral or mental distortion
warping: The act or process of one who, or that which, warps
warping: acquired contortion of the part due to differential shrinking of the material
warping: Any distortion in a material
warping: Moving a vessel by means of a hawser
warping: * COTTON AND RAYON TYPES: Warping is the art or process of winding together, on a section beam, a specified number of warp ends from a creel The creel may be defined as a convenient rack, for holding spools, cones, or cheeses, while the yarn is being withdrawn to the warp beam
warping: the assembly of hundreds of parallel warp yarns on to the warp beam in preparation for slashing The process is done by a warper
warping: A general term describing any distortion in a piece of wood from a true plane
warping: The brake disc can get warped, i e bend If that happens, it may rub against the brake pads, even during free rotation, unnecessarily losing energy (speed) Warping may occur in various ways (disc hits the ground, brake applied while kart was airborn, etc )
warping: A defect of binder boards where the edges of the sheet have expanded more than the center, producing wavy edges or a curl around an axis diagonal to the length of the sheet to top
warping: The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver
warping: is a method which can overcome some of the problems of edge matching It can also be used to resolve registration problems arising from digitizing source maps of different scales, different projections, and varying coordinate systems
warping: The process of "making" things fit new coordinate systems
warps: third-person singular of warp