Warp — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

a shape distorted by twisting or folding

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɔːɹp/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɔːp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɔːp/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈɔːɹp/.

Examples

The highway buckled during the heat wave

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deflection buckle distort heave falsify warping garble

Parts of Speech

noun	a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
noun	a shape distorted by twisting or folding
noun	a moral or mental distortion
noun	yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
verb	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
verb	bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat “The highway buckled during the heat wave”

Word Forms

warp	verb	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
buckle	verb	bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
falsification	noun	a willful perversion of facts
falsity	noun	the state of being false or untrue
falsifier	noun	someone who falsifies
distortion	noun	a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
warp	noun	a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
warping	noun	a moral or mental distortion
heave	noun	(geology) a horizontal dislocation
buckle	noun	a shape distorted by twisting or folding

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kette

eine Wendung oder Abweichung; insbesondere eine perverse oder abnormale Art zu urteilen oder zu handeln

🇫🇷French

chaîne

une torsion ou une aberration ; notamment une manière perverse ou anormale de juger ou d'agir

🇪🇸Spanish

urdimbre

un giro o aberración; especialmente una forma perversa o anormal de juzgar o actuar

🇮🇹Italian

ordito

una svolta o un'aberrazione; soprattutto un modo perverso o anormale di giudicare o agire

🇳🇱Dutch

kromtrekken

een draai of afwijking; vooral een perverse of abnormale manier van oordelen of handelen

🇵🇹Portuguese

urdidura

uma torção ou aberração; especialmente uma forma perversa ou anormal de julgar ou agir

🇷🇺Russian

деформировать

поворот или аберрация; особенно извращенный или ненормальный способ суждения или действия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ताना

एक मोड़ या विपथन; विशेष रूप से निर्णय लेने या कार्य करने का विकृत या असामान्य तरीका

🇮🇳Tamil

வார்ப்பு

ஒரு திருப்பம் அல்லது பிறழ்வு; குறிப்பாக ஒரு வக்கிரமான அல்லது அசாதாரணமான தீர்ப்பு அல்லது செயல்படும் வழி

🇮🇳Telugu

వార్ప్

ఒక ట్విస్ట్ లేదా ఉల్లంఘన; ముఖ్యంగా వికృతమైన లేదా అసాధారణమైన తీర్పు లేదా నటన

🇮🇳Marathi

ताना

एक वळण किंवा विकृती; विशेषत: न्याय करण्याचा किंवा अभिनय करण्याचा विकृत किंवा असामान्य मार्ग

🇮🇳Gujarati

તાણ

એક ટ્વિસ્ટ અથવા વિકૃતિ; ખાસ કરીને નિર્ણય અથવા અભિનય કરવાની વિકૃત અથવા અસામાન્ય રીત

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಾರ್ಪ್

ಒಂದು ಟ್ವಿಸ್ಟ್ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಪಥನ; ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ವಿಕೃತ ಅಥವಾ ಅಸಹಜವಾದ ನಿರ್ಣಯ ಅಥವಾ ನಟನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വാർപ്പ്

ഒരു ട്വിസ്റ്റ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വ്യതിയാനം; പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു വികൃതമായ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അസാധാരണമായ വിധി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രവർത്തന രീതി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਰਪ

ਇੱਕ ਮੋੜ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਗਾੜ; ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਨਿਰਣਾ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਗੜਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਅਸਧਾਰਨ ਤਰੀਕਾ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

经

扭曲或异常；尤其是一种不正当或不正常的判断或行为方式

🇯🇵Japanese

ワープ

ねじれまたは逸脱。特に判断や行動のひねくれたまたは異常な方法

🇰🇷Korean

경사

비틀림 또는 수차; 특히 판단이나 행동의 비뚤어지거나 비정상적인 방식

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm cong vênh

một sự thay đổi hoặc quang sai; đặc biệt là một cách đánh giá hoặc hành động sai trái hoặc bất thường

🇹🇭Thai

วิปริต

การบิดหรือความผิดปกติ โดยเฉพาะวิธีการตัดสินหรือการกระทำที่วิปริตหรือผิดปกติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

melengkung

perubahan atau penyimpangan; terutama cara menilai atau bertindak yang menyimpang atau tidak normal

🇲🇾Malay

meledingkan

kelainan atau penyimpangan; terutamanya cara menilai atau bertindak yang songsang atau tidak normal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انفتل

تطور أو انحراف. وخاصة الطريقة المنحرفة أو غير الطبيعية في الحكم أو التصرف

🇮🇷Persian

پیچ و تاب

پیچ و تاب یا انحراف؛ مخصوصاً روشی منحرف یا غیرعادی برای قضاوت یا عمل

🇹🇷Turkish

çözgü

bir bükülme veya sapma; özellikle sapkın veya anormal bir yargılama veya davranma şekli

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְעַקֵם

פיתול או סטייה; במיוחד דרך פרוורטית או חריגה של שיפוט או פעולה

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