Meaning

• Noun

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
  2. The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
  3. A distortion:
  4. A distortion:
  5. The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  6. The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
  7. 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.
  8. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  9. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
  10. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
  11. (obsolete) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.

• Verb