1. Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
   "The highway warped during the heat wave";
   - heave, buckle
    
2. Alter something from its true, accurate, or original form in a way that makes it unclear or misleading
   "They planned to warp the message";
   - distort, garble

1. A shape distorted by twisting or folding
   "The heat caused a warp in the wooden floorboards";
   - buckle
    
2. A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
   "The warp in her judgment led her to make poor decisions";
   - deflection
    
3. A moral or mental distortion
   "His perception of reality suffered from severe warp due to prolonged isolation"
    
4. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
   "The weaver carefully arranged the warp threads before beginning to weave"

Derived forms: warps, warped, warping

Type of: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, belie, change surface, deformation, deviance, deviancy, distorted shape, distortion, misrepresent, thread, yarn

Part of: cloth, fabric, material, textile, weave

Encyclopedia: Warp