Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of warp is as below...

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.

Lea :: Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed..

Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..

Unwarp :: Unwarp (v. t.) To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.

Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..

Let-off :: Let-off (n.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom..

Warper :: Warper (n.) One who, or that which, warps or twists out of shape..

Pace :: Pace (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..

Warp :: Warp (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..

Warp :: Warp (v.) 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..

Warping :: Warping (n.) The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.

Harness :: Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle..

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

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..

End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..

Molewarp :: Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.

Random Fonts

Most Popular