Слово "warp". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

To accomplish the change was like a reflux of being, and this when the plasticity of youth was no longer his; when the fibre of him had become tough and knotty; when the warp and the woof of him had made of him an adamantine texture, harsh and unyielding; when the face of his spirit had become iron and all his instincts and axioms had crystallised into set rules, cautions, dislikes, and desires.

In the vast warp of life (a river arising from no spring and flowing endlessly to no sea), with the background to his fancies that there was no meaning and that nothing was important, a man might get a personal satisfaction in selecting the various strands that worked out the pattern.

And, in the months after the surrender, the deep soft nap began to show signs of wear and finally the heavy warp and woof showed through in spots where heels had worn it and spurs dug carelessly.

“We proceeded along the randomly selected course until the warp detectors warned us of a ship.

it causes the fabric of space to warp, to curve.

and they've taken all the little warps out of those same wheels

and they've taken all the little warps out of those same wheels

A backed topsail took the way off her, and the warps creaked round the bollards.

Under different circumstances, Ostap Bender would have noticed the freshly hewn, log cabin-sized balalaikas, the phonograph records warping in the heat, and the children’s marching band drums, whose dashing color schemes suggested that providence is always on the side of the big battalions. This time, however, he was preoccupied with something else.

There was a crash like the falling parts of a dream fashioned out of warped glass, mirrors, and crystal prisms.

It just completely warps and distorts egos,

It just completely warps and distorts egos,

"The mind can be stunted and warped as well as the body." "They're bright mentally too." Gerard sighed.

Burned in his mind was an image of beauty and tenderness, a sweet and holy girl, precious beyond thinking, clean and loving, and that image was Cathy to her husband, and nothing Cathy did or said could warp Adam’s Cathy.

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 round the corner of the island and up the narrow passage to the haven behind Skeleton Island.