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Warp vs Tie - What's the difference?

warp | tie |

As nouns the difference between warp and tie

is that warp is (obsolete) a throw; a cast while tie is key.

As a verb warp

is (transitive|obsolete|outside|dialects) to throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.

warp

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) warp, werp, from (etyl) wearp, . Cognate with (etyl) warp, (etyl) warp, (etyl) Warf, (etyl) varp, (etyl) varp.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A throw; a cast.
  • (dialectal) A cast of fish (herring, haddock, etc.); four, as a tale of counting fish.
  • (dialectal) The young of an animal when brought forth prematurely; a cast lamb, kid, calf, or foal.
  • 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.
  • (uncountable) The state of being bent or twisted out of shape.
  • A cast or twist; a distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood.
  • (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
  • (nautical) A line or cable used in warping a ship.
  • A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) werpen, weorpen, worpen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To throw; cast; toss; hurl; fling.
  • (transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To utter; ejaculate; enunciate; give utterance to.
  • (dialectal) To bring forth (young) prematurely, said of cattle, sheep, horses, etc.
  • (dialectal) To cause a person to suddenly come into a particular state; throw.
  • (transitive, dialectal, of the wind or sea) To toss or throw around; carry along by natural force.
  • (ambitransitive, dialectal, of a door) To throw open; open wide.
  • To twist or turn something out of shape.
  • * Coleridge
  • The planks looked warped .
  • * Tennyson
  • Walter warped his mouth at this / To something so mock solemn, that I laughed.
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  • To deflect something from a true or proper course.
  • * Dryden
  • This first avowed, nor folly warped my mind.
  • * Addison
  • I have no private considerations to warp me in this controversy.
  • * Southey
  • We are divested of all those passions which cloud the intellects, and warp the understandings, of men.
  • To become twisted out of shape.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • One of you will prove a shrunk panel, and, like green timber, warp .
  • * Moxon
  • They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping .
  • To go astray or be deflected from a correct course
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • There is our commission, / From which we would not have you warp .
  • To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias
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  • To arrange strands of thread etc so that they run lengthwise in weaving
  • (obsolete, rare, poetic) To weave, hence (figuratively) to fabricate; plot.
  • * Sternhold
  • while doth he mischief warp
    (Nares)
  • (nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; especially to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour
  • * 1883: (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
  • We had a dreary morning's work before us, for there was no sign of any wind, and the boats had to be got out and manned, and the ship warped three or four miles around the corner of the island.
  • (nautical) (for a ship) To be moved by warping.
  • To fly with a bending or waving motion, like a flock of birds or insects.
  • * (John Milton)
  • A pitchy cloud / Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind.
  • (agriculture) To let the tide or other water in upon (low-lying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
  • (ropemaking) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
  • To travel across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
  • Anagrams

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    tie

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A knot; a fastening.
  • A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  • (Young)
  • A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
  • The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
  • It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
  • A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
  • A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
  • the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance
  • * Young
  • No distance breaks the tie of blood.
  • (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
  • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
  • (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
  • (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
  • (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
  • The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
  • (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
  • (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  • (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  • (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
  • Usage notes
    * In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .
    Synonyms
    * (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , (m).

    Verb

  • To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
  • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
    Tie the rope to this tree.
  • To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
  • Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
  • To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
  • Tie him to the tree.
  • * Fairfax
  • In bond of virtuous love together tied .
  • To secure (something) by string or the like.
  • Tie your shoes.
  • * Dryden
  • Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
  • They tied for third place.
    They tied the game.
  • (US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
  • He tied me for third place.
  • (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
  • Synonyms
    * fasten
    Antonyms
    * unfasten * untie
    Derived terms
    * tie down * tie-in, tie in * tie the knot * tie up

    Anagrams

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