warp

1. 1.

   make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

   Synonymsfalsifydistortgarble

   Broadermisrepresent

   Narrowermangle
2. 2.

   bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

   “The highway buckled during the heat wave”

   Synonymsheavebuckle

   Broaderchange surface

   Narrowerlift

Other forms of warp

plural

warps·

past tense

warped·

present participle

warping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about warp

What does warp mean?

warp means "a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in warp?

warp has 1 syllable: warp. In IPA it is /ˈwɔɹp/.

What is another word for warp?

Close synonyms include deflection, buckle, warping, falsify, distort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is warp a common word?

warp is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.