Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 34 compound words that contain warp. The most common are listed below. Open warp in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- warp and woofThe threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric.
- warp beamThe roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
- warp speedA hypothetical, extremely rapid, speed, resulting from entering a separate dimension, termed hyperspace; much faster than the speed of light.
- time warpA hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.
- warp knittingA method of knitting in which the yarn zigzags along the length of the fabric, following adjacent columns ("wales") of knitting, rather than a single row ("course").
- warp bubbleA detached region of spacetime which is theoretically capable of moving faster than the speed of light.
- warp driveA technological device that warps spacetime to enable movement through space in a non-Newtonian manner.
- warp factorA hypothetical figure indicating a space vessel's speed greater than the speed of light.
- warp knitA knit fabric in which intermeshing loops are positioned in warp, or lengthwise, direction. The fabric has a flatter, closer, less elastic structure than most welt knits and is run-resistant.
- warp and weftAlternative form of warp and woof: The threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric.
- credits warpA sequence breaking glitch allowing a player to skip directly to the end credits.
- warp endAn individual warp thread in a fabric.
- warp beamsplural of warp beam: The roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.
- warp bubblesplural of warp bubble: A detached region of spacetime which is theoretically capable of moving faster than the speed of light.
- warp drivesplural of warp drive: A technological device that warps spacetime to enable movement through space in a non-Newtonian manner.
- warp endsplural of warp end: An individual warp thread in a fabric.
- warp factorsplural of warp factor: A hypothetical figure indicating a space vessel's speed greater than the speed of light.
- warp laceLace having a warp crossed by weft threads.
- warp speedsplural of warp speed: A hypothetical, extremely rapid, speed, resulting from entering a separate dimension, termed hyperspace; much faster than the speed of light.
- warp lacesplural of warp lace: Lace having a warp crossed by weft threads.
- guess warpA rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or moored.
Compound words 34
- warplandUndulating land, built up by river alluvium, particularly in Britain.
- warpageThe act or process of warping.
- warpwiseIn the orientation of the warp in woven yarn.
- warpyTending to be warped, bendsome.
- unwarpTo restore from a warped state.
- upwarpA broad anticline caused by local uplift.
- warplessWithout a warp.
- downwarpA segment of the crust of the Earth that bends downward
- trawlwarpA rope passing through a block on the vessel, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.
- upwarpingThe process of forming an upwarp.