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warpsnounpl. of warp an immaterial thing upon which something else restsan unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy bases, bases, bedrocks, bottoms, cornerstones, footings, foundations, grounds, groundworks, keystones, roots, underpinnings, warp and woofs anchorages, beds, braces, bulwarks, buttresses, frameworks, infrastructures, mounts, props, shores, stays, substrata, substructures, supportsassumptions, justifications, premises(also premisses), presumptions, presuppositions, rationales, suppositions, theories, theses, warrantsbackbones, centers, cores, cornerstones, eyes, foci(also focuses), hearts, hubs, kernels, keystones, nuclei(also nucleuses), seatsessences, quintessences, souls, touchstones warpsverbpresent tense third-person singular of warpto change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning ofthe faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text bends, colors, cooks, distorts, falsifies, fudges, garbles, misinterprets, misrelates, misrepresents, misstates, perverts, slants, twists misdescribes, misspeaks, mistranslatesbelies, camouflages, disguises, dissembles, glosses (over), masks, veils, whitewashesbowdlerizes, censorscomplicates, confounds, confuses, mistakes, mixes (up)mystifies, obscuresequivocates, fibs, lies, palters, prevaricates clarifies, clears (up), explains, illuminates, illustrates, interprets, spells outdeciphers to lower in character, dignity, or qualityclaims that violent movies warp the values of our young people abases, bastardizes, cankers, cheapens, corrupts, debases, debauches, degrades, demeans, demoralizes, depraves, deteriorates, lessens, perverts, poisons, profanes, prostitutes, subverts, vitiates befouls, begrimes, contaminates, defiles, dilutes, dirties, pollutes, taints, thins, waters down, weakensdescendsdisgraces, dishonors, humbles, humiliates, shames, takes downblemishes, damages, defaces, destroys, flaws, harms, hurts, impairs, mars, ruins, spoils, stains, tarnishes, wrecksdepreciates, downgrades elevates, ennobles, uplifts dignifies, exalts, honorsameliorates, amends, betters, enhances, enriches, improves, meliorates, perfectsclarifies, cleans, cleanses, purifies, refines, restoresrespects to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or conditionfreezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit contorts, deforms, distorts, misshapes, screws, squinches, tortures defaces, disfigureswrenches, wrests, wringscoils, curls, loops, spirals, twines, winds, wreathes straightens, unbends, uncurls |