warp
/ˈwȯrp/
noun
a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
foundation, base
a rope for warping or mooring a ship or boat
the warp of the economic structure is agriculture
verb
to arrange (yarns) so as to form a warp
to turn or twist out of or as if out of shape; especially : to twist or bend out of a plane
to cause to judge, choose, or act wrongly or abnormally : pervert
deform distort contort warp means to mar or spoil by or as if by twisting. deform may imply a change of shape through stress, injury, or accident of growth. distort and contort both imply a wrenching from the natural or normal, but contort suggests a more involved twisting and a more grotesque and painful result.
noun
foundation, base
the vigorous Anglo-Saxon base had become the warp and woof of English speech