(countable) A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
(figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
(nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
(obsolete outside dialects) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
verb
(intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
(intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
(intransitive, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.
(intransitive, rare, dated) To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
(transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
(transitive) To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
(transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
(transitive, intransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete outside dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
(transitive, intransitive, rare, obsolete, figurative) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
(transitive, intransitive, science fiction) To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
(transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
(transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
(transitive, very rare, obsolete) To throw.
wopr
wrap
wrap
noun
(Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”)
(chiefly in the plural, now rare) An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
(television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
A wraparound mortgage.
Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
verb
(computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
(figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
(lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
(transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
(transitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
(transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
