From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwarpwarp1 /wɔːp $ wɔːrp/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]BEND if something warps, or if heat or cold warps it, it becomes bent or twisted, and loses its original shape The door must be warped. It won’t close properly.2 HARM/BE BAD FOR[transitive] to influence someone in a way that has a harmful effect on how they think or behave You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgment.→ See Verb table
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warp• Pods can also warp, allowing the batteries to slip out of contact, and the contacts themselves are often quite small.• Acrylic primed canvas boards are prone to warping even in normal atmospheres.• The wooden fence had warped in the hot sun.• The two molecules may warp or twist slightly under the influence of the connection.• The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.• The hot sun had warped the wooden fence.• To prevent the violin body from warping, there is a strong wooden brace along its whole length.• It is Morrissey himself who is being warped, twisted and cheated by the media.• Moreover, the cooling would be uneven, and the resultant shrinkage and warping would leave the structure fissured and cracked.• Those violent video games must have warped your mind.warpwarp2 noun 1 → the warp2 [singular]BEND a part of something that has become bent or twisted from its original shape → time warpExamples from the Corpus
warp• It was a warp in time, a secret crease in space.• Imperial merchantmen traversing the warp would flee at the sighting of one.• On other wavelengths of perception than the visible, the warp was far from empty.• The union movement in this country suffers from fossilized leadership trapped in a time warp.Origin warp1 Old English weorpan “to throw” warp2 1. Old English wearp2. (1600-1700) → WARP1 