warp

• abase
• anchorage
• assumption
• backbone
• base
• basis
• bastardize
• bed
• bedrock
• befoul
• begrime
• belie
• bend
• blemish
• bottom
• bowdlerize
• brace
• brutalize
• bulwark
• buttress
• camouflage
• canker
• censor
• center
• cheapen
• coil
• color
• complicate
• confound
• confuse
• contaminate
• contort
• cook
• core
• cornerstone
• corrupt
• crook
• curl
• curve
• damage
• debase
• debauch
• deface
• defile
• deform
• degrade
• demean
• demoralize
• deprave
• depreciate
• descend
• destroy
• deteriorate
• deviate
• dilute
• dirty
• disfigure
• disgrace
• disguise
• dishonor
• dissemble
• distort
• downgrade
• equivocate
• essence
• eye
• falsify
• fib
• flaw
• focus
• footing
• foundation
• framework
• fudge
• garble
• ground
• groundwork
• harm
• heart
• hub
• humble
• humiliate
• hurt
• impair
• infrastructure
• justification
• kernel
• keystone
• lessen
• lie
• loop
• mar
• mask
• misdescribe
• misinterpret
• misrelate
• misrepresent
• misshape
• misspeak
• misstate
• mistake
• mistranslate
• mount
• mystify
• nucleus
• obscure
• palter
• pervert
• poison
• pollute
• premise
• premiss
• presumption
• presupposition
• prevaricate
• profane
• prop
• prostitute
• quintessence
• rationale
• root
• ruin
• screw
• seat
• shame
• shore
• slant
• soul
• spiral
• spoil
• squinch
• stain
• stay
• substratum
• substructure
• subvert
• support
• supposition
• swerve
• taint
• take down
• tarnish
• theory
• thesis
• thin
• torture
• touchstone
• turn
• twine
• twist
• underpinning
• veil
• vitiate
• warp and woof
• warrant
• water down
• weaken
• whitewash
• wind
• wreathe
• wreck
• wrench
• wrest
• wring

• ameliorate
• amend
• beautify
• better
• clarify
• clean
• cleanse
• decipher
• dignify
• elevate
• enhance
• ennoble
• enrich
• exalt
• explain
• honor
• illuminate
• illustrate
• improve
• interpret
• meliorate
• perfect
• praise
• purify
• refine
• respect
• restore
• spell out
• straighten
• unbend
• uncurl
• upgrade
• uplift
• value

• 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.
  6. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  7. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
  8. 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.
  9. (obsolete outside dialectal) 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
  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).
  6. To move:.
  7. (obsolete outside dialectal, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
  8. To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
  9. (very rare) To throw.

• The intense heat caused the metal to warp.
• Over time, the wooden floor began to warp from exposure to moisture.
• The fabric started to warp after it was washed incorrectly.
• The time machine was designed to warp space and time.
• A strong wind could warp the door if it's left open too long.

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