Verb (used with object) : Prejudice warps the mind. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The wood has warped in drying. From Dictionary.com.
But we evolved together, with my kin warping you in so many ways. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Well, warping is basically when you’re moving, you stop moving, and then you start to move slowly, gradually speeding back up. From Wordnik.com. [Shane Sparks – The Dance Ambassador] Reference
They should do a list of most violent games for the time they were released - that way they could recognise Doom’s good work in warping the minds of America’s youth. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Top 10 Most Violent Video Games] Reference
“In 1932 Nikola Tesla dispproved spatial warping which is one of the basis of Relativity”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » MSNBC’s Shuster: ‘I Am Convinced Karl Rove Will Be Indicted’] Reference
As for the future of image stabilization, there is some really sweet "warping" software in the works. From Wordnik.com. [DIY Steadicam Provides Scorcese-Like Smoothness For $10 | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Throughout gameplay, when the user's character opens a door, the "warping" sound effect plays overlapped by a static noise. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
Cue a shot of the Enterprise blasting away from a space station and warping out into space in a new kind of warping effect. From Wordnik.com. [‘Star Trek’ Trailer and Footage Analysis] Reference
Note this is a large book and the scan shows some 'warping' of words near the edge of the page by the binding. still readable and VERY enjoyable. From Wordnik.com. [Book: The Great Women Super Heroes] Reference
In fact, it is even more amazing that I'm here at all, when you consider that the music I listen to is supposedly "warping" my mind and influencing me to commit suicide. From Wordnik.com. [Against All Odds, I'm Just Fine] Reference
For long distances they used a type of "warping" that made the ship. From Wordnik.com. [Man of Many Minds] Reference
We call it warping. From Wordnik.com. [Shane Sparks – The Dance Ambassador] Reference
"warping," the well-placed frames of the "drawing-in" all along the window sides of the rooms; then lines upon lines of spool frames. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls] Reference
This imbalance is warping diplomacy around the world. From Wordnik.com. [Why Gorbachev Is A Sideshow] Reference
The ribbon's time-warping aspect allows the implusive Kirk to team up with Capt. From Wordnik.com. [When Time Stands Still] Reference
But the crisis in security is warping the region's social and economic development. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Breed Of Bandit] Reference
From the collection of huts, crackling and warping in the heat came a solitary form. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
Proper piling of the material and weighting to prevent warping are of great importance. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
When I'm out for fun I hate to be tinkering with levers and warping wing tips all the while. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
These strains cause warping and checking, but exist even where no outward signs are visible. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Decking: The actual wood beneath your feet, which should be periodically checked for separation or warping. From Wordnik.com. [Important deck parts] Reference
This causes the under side of the piece to become longer than the upper side, and as a consequence warping occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The results proved very interesting in spite of the warping which was expected with but three crossers in 16 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
“What is it?” he asked, the pages of a paperback that I gave him warping from the warm moisture of his hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Bodice-Ripper Free School Zone Act] Reference
Drying should proceed uniformly at all points, otherwise extra stresses are set up in the wood, causing warping, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Its freedom from warping, checking, or splitting when subjected to alternate wetting and drying is an unusual quality. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
What unites them is the warping pressure under which each of them lives, and which bends their lives toward each other. From Wordnik.com. [A Novel English Lesson] Reference
At the same time this satirical warping impairs the value of the book as a serious presentation of a prevailing malady. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
No. 3 a sandy soil before warping, and No. 4, the same fifteen years after having received a coating of 11 inches of mud. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
The table top should be of hard wood or some non-absorbent material, jointed in narrow strips in order to prevent warping. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference
"It is a warping of what cheerleading is all about," says Sheila Noone, editorial director of American Cheerleader magazine. From Wordnik.com. [We're Here! We Cheer! Get Used To It!] Reference
Using all his strength, the young hero was determined to defy the warping damage and weight of gravity to force open the door. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Morris: Heroes Among Us Every Day] Reference
It must find its way out some way, and in doing so sets up strains, which result either in checking, warping, or hollow-horning. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
He felt new vibrations, and knew that the strain of warping the wings at the tips had caused more than one of the struts to collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
The losses which occur in air-drying wood, through checking, warping, staining, and rotting, are often greater than one would suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
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