warp

verb (warp, warps, warped, warping); noun (warp — the threads; a warp — a bend)

«warp» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To warp is to bend or twist out of shape, often because of heat or water. tree →
To warp someone's mind or ideas is to change them in a bad, unfair way. tree →
In weaving, the warp is the long threads that run lengthwise on a loom; the weft goes across them. tree →
In science fiction, warp speed is faster-than-light travel. tree →

In the lessons

In science and design it describes wood or plastic bending with damp or heat. In textiles lessons it names the long threads. In stories it appears in "time warp" and "warp speed". Phrases: warp and weft, time warp, warp speed, a warped sense of humour.

Examples

The wooden door warped in the damp weather. tree →
Don't leave the plastic ruler on the radiator or it will warp. tree →
In weaving, the warp threads go up and down the loom. tree →
The ship jumped to warp speed. tree →
Hatred can warp a person's mind. tree →
That village feels like it is stuck in a time warp. tree →

Note

Regular verb: warped, warping. Warped (adjective) can mean twisted in shape or strange in a nasty way. Warp = lengthwise threads, weft = crosswise threads.

In Jewish tradition

In Leviticus, the lengthwise threads of woven cloth that can show mold-like plague.

Interpretation. The priest examines such "plague" in clothing, and tradition sees it as a spiritual sign linked with the sin of evil speech, and treats it as a unique miracle.

Examples

or in the warp, or in the woof, whether they be of linen, or of wool; or in a skin, or in any thing made of skin. (Torah LEV.13.48, JPS 1917) tree →
And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; (Torah LEV.13.53, JPS 1917) tree →
And if it appear still in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is breaking out, thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. (Torah LEV.13.57, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb: warped, warping. Warped (adjective) can mean twisted in shape or strange in a nasty way. Warp = lengthwise threads, weft = crosswise threads.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «warp» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «warp» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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