warp

déformer, gauchir

Faire courber ou tordre quelque chose, de sorte qu’il perde sa forme habituelle.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : bend, distort, deform

Expressions courantes : warp something, warp the wood

se déformer, gauchir

Se courber ou se tordre et perdre sa forme habituelle.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : bend, deform

Expressions courantes : warp in heat, begin to warp

fausser, corrompre

Modifier la pensée ou le comportement de quelqu’un dans un sens nuisible ou injuste.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : distort, corrupt, bias

Expressions courantes : warp someone’s judgment, warp someone’s mind, warp someone’s thinking

se fausser, se corrompre

Devenir injuste, nuisible ou erroné dans sa façon de penser ou d’agir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : become distorted, go astray

Expressions courantes : begin to warp, warp under pressure

déformation

Une courbure ou une torsion dans une chose qui devrait être droite ou plate.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : warp in something (A warp in the frame prevented the window from closing.)

Synonymes : bend, distortion

Expressions courantes : slight warp, warp in something, wood warp

chaîne

Les fils tendus dans la longueur du tissu, entre lesquels passent les fils transversaux pendant le tissage.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : warp threads, cotton warp, warp and weft