warp

deformar, alabear

Hacer que algo se curve o se retuerza y pierda su forma habitual.

En inglés sencillo: To make something bend or twist so that it loses its usual shape.

• Heat can warp plastic.
• The damp air warped the door.
• Will sunlight warp these boards?

Sinónimos: bend, distort, deform

Expresiones frecuentes: warp something, warp the wood

deformarse, alabearse

Curvarse o retorcerse y perder la forma habitual.

En inglés sencillo: To become bent or twisted and lose the usual shape.

• Wet wood may warp.
• The shelves warped in the heat.
• This plastic will warp if it gets too hot.

Sinónimos: bend, deform

Expresiones frecuentes: warp in heat, begin to warp

distorsionar, corromper

Cambiar la forma de pensar o actuar de alguien de manera dañina o injusta.

En inglés sencillo: To change someone’s thinking or behavior in a harmful or unfair way.

• Fear can warp your judgment.
• Years of bitterness warped his views.
• Does constant praise warp a child’s sense of importance?

Sinónimos: distort, corrupt, bias

Expresiones frecuentes: warp someone’s judgment, warp someone’s mind, warp someone’s thinking

distorsionarse, corromperse

Volverse injusto, dañino o equivocado en la forma de pensar o actuar.

En inglés sencillo: To become unfair, harmful, or mistaken in the way you think or act.

• His judgment began to warp.
• Her perspective warped after years of isolation.
• Under constant pressure, their ideas about fairness slowly warped.

Sinónimos: become distorted, go astray

Expresiones frecuentes: begin to warp, warp under pressure

deformación, alabeo

Curvatura o torsión en algo que debería ser recto o plano.

En inglés sencillo: A bend or twist in something that should be straight or flat.

• There is a warp in this board.
• Heat caused a small warp in the door.
• The carpenter checked the panels for warps.

Cómo se usa: warp in something (A warp in the frame prevented the window from closing.)

Sinónimos: bend, distortion

Expresiones frecuentes: slight warp, warp in something, wood warp

urdimbre

Los hilos tensos a lo largo de una tela, entre los que se entrecruzan otros hilos al tejer.

En inglés sencillo: The threads held straight along a piece of cloth while other threads are woven across them.

• The warp is made of cotton.
• She tightened the warp on the loom.
• Blue weft crossed the white warp threads.

Expresiones frecuentes: warp threads, cotton warp, warp and weft