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warp

UK/ˈwɔːp/ US/ˈwoːp/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (4)

verb

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bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

  • “The highway buckled during the heat wave”
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Origin

From Middle English werpen, weorpen, worpen, from Old English weorpan (“to throw”), from Proto-West Germanic *werpan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Scots warp (“to throw, warp”), North Frisian werpen (“to throw”), Dutch werpen (“to throw, cast”), German werfen (“to throw, cast”), Icelandic verpa (“to throw”).

Phrases

  • credits warp
  • guess warp
  • time warp
  • warp and weft
  • warp and woof
  • warp beam
  • warp bubble
  • warp drive

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