warp

The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:

A distortion:

The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.

The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.

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.

A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.

A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a 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.

(obsolete outside dialectal) 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.

“a warp of fish”

To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally:

(ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.

To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.

To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).

To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).

To move:

(obsolete outside dialectal, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.

To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.

(very rare) To throw.