1. (v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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

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

4. (v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.

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

6. (v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

7. (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (low-lying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.

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

9. (v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.

10. (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.

11. (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.

12. (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.

13. (v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

14. (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

15. (n.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.

16. (n.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.

17. (n.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.

18. (n.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.

19. (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.

20. (n.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.

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