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warp
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- pronunciation:
- worp
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
warps, warping, warped |
| definition 1: |
to bend or twist out of shape, esp. from a flat or straight form.
- synonyms:
- bend, distort, twist
- antonyms:
- straighten
- similar words:
- buckle, contort, deform, misshape, transform, wrench
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| definition 2: |
to bend or turn from the true, natural, or right course; cause to deviate.
Greed is warping her judgment.- synonyms:
- bend, distort
- similar words:
- affect, contort, influence, jaundice, sway, twist
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| definition 3: |
to bend or turn from a healthy, sane, or moral condition; pervert.
Her mind was warped by extreme suffering.- synonyms:
- corrupt, pervert
- similar words:
- debase, derange, mislead, poison, twist, unbalance, weaken
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| definition 4: |
to distort (truth or fact).
You warped the story of what really happened.- synonyms:
- color, distort, pervert, slant
- similar words:
- bend, manipulate, misrepresent, skew, twist, wrench
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| related words: |
bias, bow, distort, kink, pervert, rot, tack, turn |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become bent or twisted out of shape.
- synonyms:
- bend
- antonyms:
- straighten
- similar words:
- buckle, contort, deform, spring
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| definition 2: |
to deviate from a true, natural, or right course.
- synonyms:
- bend, deviate
- similar words:
- drift, stray, swerve, veer
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| definition 3: |
to become perverted.
- similar words:
- corrupt, deviate, stray, weaken
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| related words: |
bow, heave, lie, tack |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a distortion, such as a bend or twist, from a straight or flat form, often caused by heat.
- synonyms:
- distortion
- similar words:
- bend, bow, skew, spring
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| definition 2: |
a mental or moral quirk or bias; aberration; deviation.
- synonyms:
- aberration, bias, deviation, quirk
- similar words:
- idiosyncrasy, mannerism, oddity, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, twist
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| definition 3: |
the first threads positioned on a loom, which form the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric. (Cf. filling, weft, woof.)
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| related words: |
buckle, turn, twist |
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| derivations: |
warped (adj.), warpage (n.), warper (n.) |
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