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The correct spelling is warp.
How to pronounce warp
/woːp/
nounIPA: /woːp/
Say it like: War-p
The correct spelling is warp. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: For example: "a warp of fish"
Usage Examples
“a warp of fish”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
- 2.A distortion:
- 3.The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- 4.The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
- 5.A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
verb
- 1.To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:
- 2.(ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
- 3.To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- 4.To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
- 5.To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
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