Found 4 items, similar to Warping.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: warp melengkung
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: warp anian, geleding, membengkokkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: warping warping n : a moral or mental distortion [syn: warp]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Warping Warp \Warp\ (w[add]rp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warped (w[add]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Warping.] [OE. warpen; fr. Icel. varpa to throw, cast, varp a casting, fr. verpa to throw; akin to Dan. varpe to warp a ship, Sw. varpa, AS. weorpan to cast, OS. werpan, OFries. werpa, D. & LG. werpen, G. werfen, Goth. wa['i]rpan; cf. Skr. v[.r]j to twist. [root]144. Cf. Wrap.] [1913 Webster] 1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise. [1913 Webster] The planks looked warped. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock solemn, that I laughed. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert. [1913 Webster] This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy. --Addison. [1913 Webster] We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men. --Southey. [1913 Webster] 4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares. [1913 Webster] While doth he mischief warp. --Sternhold. [1913 Webster] 5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. [1913 Webster] 6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 7. (Agric.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns. [1913 Webster] 9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam. [1913 Webster] 10. (A["e]ronautics) To twist the end surfaces of (an a["e]rocurve in an airfoil) in order to restore or maintain equilibrium. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Warped surface (Geom.), a surface generated by a straight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. --Davies & Peck. [1913 Webster] Warping \Warp"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps. [1913 Webster] 2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver. --Craig. [1913 Webster] Warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. --Craig. Warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. Warping mill, a machine for warping yarn. Warping penny, money, varying according to the length of the thread, paid to the weaver by the spinner on laying the warp. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Warping post, a strong post used in warping rope-yarn. [1913 Webster]