Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.
The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
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.
A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
To move or be moved by this method.
To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
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.
To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.