资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Warp \Warp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warped}; 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.
   vrj to twist. ????. Cf. {Wrap}.]
   1. To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to
      utter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

   2. To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
      of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.

            The planks looked warped.             --Coleridge.

            Walter warped his mouth at this To something so mock
            solemn, that I laughed.               --Tennyson.

   3. To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or
      incline; to pervert.

            This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
                                                  --Dryden.

            I have no private considerations to warp me in this
            controversy.                          --Addison.

            We are divested of all those passions which cloud
            the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
                                                  --Southey.

   4. To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] --Nares.

            While doth he mischief warp.          --Sternhold.

   5. (Naut.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
      attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.

   6. To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep,
      etc. [Prov. Eng.]

   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.]

   8. (Rope Making) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred,
      as yarns.

   9. (Weaving) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

   {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.

Warping \Warp"ing\, n.
   1. The act or process of one who, or that which, warps.

   2. The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the
      weaver. --Craig.

   {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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

warping
     n : a moral or mental distortion [syn: {warp}]