v.
- make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically from the action of heat or damp.
▸make abnormal; distort.
- (with reference to a ship) move or be moved along by hauling on a rope attached to a stationary object ashore.
- arrange (yarn) so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth.
- cover (land) with a deposit of alluvial soil by flooding.
n.
- a distortion or twist in shape.
- the lengthwise threads on a loom over and under which the weft threads are passed to make cloth.
- a rope attached at one end to a fixed point and used for moving or mooring a ship.
- archaic alluvial sediment.
Derivative
Etymology
OE (early senses included ‘throw’ and ‘hit’) weorpan (v.), wearp (n.), of Gmc origin.