<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.</li><li>to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.</li><li>to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.; bias; incline.</li><li>to curve or bend (a wing or other airfoil) at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.</li><li>to move (a vessel) into a desired place or position by hauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy or anchor.</li><li>to fertilize (land) by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form.</li><li>to be or become biased; hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like.</li><li>to warp a ship or boat into position.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.</li><li>a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude or judgment.</li><li>the set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric.</li><li>a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes.</li><li>a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.</li><li>alluvial matter deposited by water, especially water let in to inundate low land so as to enrich it.</li></ul>