warp
verb/wɔːp/
/wɔːrp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they warp | /wɔːp/ /wɔːrp/ |
| he / she / it warps | /wɔːps/ /wɔːrps/ |
| past simple warped | /wɔːpt/ /wɔːrpt/ |
| past participle warped | /wɔːpt/ /wɔːrpt/ |
| -ing form warping | /ˈwɔːpɪŋ/ /ˈwɔːrpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] warp (something) to become, or make something become twisted, or bent out of its natural shape, for example because it has become too hot, too wet, etc.
- The window frames had begun to warp.
- [transitive] warp something to influence somebody so that they begin to behave in an unacceptable way
- His judgement was warped by prejudice.
Word OriginOld English weorpan (verb), wearp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werpen and German werfen ‘to throw’. Early verb senses included ‘throw’ and ‘hit with a missile’; the sense ‘bend’ dates from late Middle English.
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