Warp

//wɔːp//

Synonyms for "warp" (450 found)

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Noun(2 words)

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Translations

210 translations across 42 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • στήμων noun (threads running lengthwise)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առէջ noun (threads running lengthwise)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • изкорубване noun (distortion or twist)
  • изкривяване noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • осно́ва noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • деформирам verb (to twist or turn something out of shape)

Catalan

4 entries
  • calabrot noun (nautical: line used in warping)
  • curvatura noun (theoretical construct)
  • deformació noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • deformació noun (distortion or twist)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • تان noun (threads running lengthwise)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 經紗 /经纱 noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • 縱貫 /纵贯 noun (threads running lengthwise)

Czech

4 entries
  • deformace noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • osnova noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • pokřivení noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • pokřivení noun (distortion or twist)

Dutch

4 entries
  • scheeftrekking noun (distortion or twist)
  • schering noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • vervorming noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • verhalen verb (to move a vessel)

Finnish

4 entries
  • loimi noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • poimu noun (theoretical construct)
  • varppi noun (nautical: line used in warping)
  • vääntyminen noun (state of being bent out of shape)

French

4 entries
  • chaîne noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • déformation noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • déformation noun (distortion or twist)
  • grelin noun (nautical: line used in warping)

Galician

3 entries
  • urda noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • urdume noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • empenar verb (to twist or turn something out of shape)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გამრუდება noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • დაბრეცა noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • დეფორმაცია noun (state of being bent out of shape)

German

4 entries
  • Abschleppkabel noun (nautical: line used in warping)
  • Abschleppseil noun (nautical: line used in warping)
  • Entstellung noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • Kettfaden noun (threads running lengthwise)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שְׁתִי noun (threads running lengthwise)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csavar noun (theoretical construct)
  • elferdülés noun (distortion or twist)
  • elgörbülés noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • elhajlás noun (state of being bent out of shape)

Ido

1 entries
  • warpo noun (threads running lengthwise)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • benang lungsin noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • ledingan noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • lungsin noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • pelintiran noun (distortion or twist)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • loimi noun (threads running lengthwise)

Irish

2 entries
  • deilbh noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • dlúth noun (threads running lengthwise)

Italian

4 entries
  • curvatura noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • curvatura noun (distortion or twist)
  • curvatura spazio-tempo noun (theoretical construct)
  • deformazione noun (state of being bent out of shape)

Japanese

2 entries
  • noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • 縦糸 noun (threads running lengthwise)

Latin

1 entries
  • stamen noun (threads running lengthwise)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • основа noun (threads running lengthwise)

Middle English

2 entries
  • warp noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • warp noun (nautical: line used in warping)

Māori

4 entries
  • aho noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • io noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • kahuki noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • whenu noun (threads running lengthwise)

Navajo

1 entries
  • nanoolzheeʼ noun (threads running lengthwise)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • renning noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • varp noun (threads running lengthwise)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • առէջ noun (threads running lengthwise)

Persian

2 entries
  • تار noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • تانه noun (threads running lengthwise)

Polish

4 entries
  • deformacja noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • osnowa noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • spaczenie noun (distortion or twist)
  • wykrzywienie noun (state of being bent out of shape)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • empenamento noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • empeno noun (distortion or twist)
  • urdidura noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • urdimento noun (threads running lengthwise)

Quechua

2 entries
  • awlli noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • awllina noun (threads running lengthwise)

Romanian

2 entries
  • natră noun (threads running lengthwise)
  • urzeală noun (threads running lengthwise)

Russian

4 entries
  • деформа́ция noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • деформа́ция noun (distortion or twist)
  • дыра́ во вре́мени noun (theoretical construct)
  • искривле́ние noun (state of being bent out of shape)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • основа noun (threads running lengthwise)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alabeo noun (distortion or twist)
  • calabrote noun (nautical: line used in warping)
  • curvatura noun (distortion or twist)
  • deformación noun (state of being bent out of shape)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • lusi noun (threads running lengthwise)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förböja verb (to twist or turn something out of shape)
  • förvrida verb (to twist or turn something out of shape)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bozulma noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • deformasyon noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • eğrilik noun (distortion or twist)
  • yamukluk noun (distortion or twist)

Walloon

1 entries
  • toide verb (to twist or turn something out of shape)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ystof noun (threads running lengthwise)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • alızyayış noun (state of being bent out of shape)
  • çewtey noun (distortion or twist)

Sample sentences

65 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Over time, wooden doors can warp or swell, making the door difficult to close.

Source: tatoeba (3150957)

The warp nacelles on the Starship Enterprise are inspired by similar engine housings on actual aircraft.

Source: tatoeba (8903194)

The shopkeeper couldn't tell warp from weft.

Source: tatoeba (8985136)

Below the behemoth of the grey building that is the headquarters of the South African Broadcasting Corporation is a home that’s stuck in a time warp.

Source: tatoeba (10880143)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.