MEANING
To bend or twist out of an intended shape, often through moisture, heat, or strain.
Use it for
ill-fitting doors; damp wood; distorted surfacesMake a material's altered shape affect everyday use.
Words that belong together
- warped door
- timber warps
- warp in the heat
On the page
The door warped during the damp winter and would no longer close.
Heat had warped the plastic frame beside the heater.
Uneven drying was warping the new floorboards.
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Word forms
- Base
- warp / warps
- Past tense
- warped
- Past participle
- warped
- Present participle
- warping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- warp / warps
- Present continuous
- am/is/are warping
- Present perfect
- have/has warped
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been warping
- Past
- warped
- Past continuous
- was/were warping
- Past perfect
- had warped
- Past perfect continuous
- had been warping
- Future
- will warp / warps
- Future continuous
- will be warping
- Future perfect
- will have warped
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been warping
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. More specific than break; a warped piece may remain whole but no longer fit or lie flat. Verb: warp, warps, warped, warped, warping. Derived noun: warping.
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