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Past tense of warp

regular verb

The past tense of warp is warped. The past participle is also warped.

Forms of warp

Base form (V1)warp /ˈwɔːp/
Past tense (V2)warped /woɹpt/
Past participle (V3)warped /woɹpt/
Present participlewarping
Third person singularwarps

Warped in a sentence

  • The moisture warped the board badly.
  • The trauma had permanently warped her mind.
  • On its evanescent surface, the image of a Cthulhian nightmare warped in and out of view.2014, Katina French, Whiskey on the Rocks, page 35. From the entry Cthulhian
  • "If they're real, then Nature there is warped, no doubt by oppressive dampness and heat."2006, Wendel Messer, The Conquest of Canada: A Novel of Discovery, Gravenhurst, O.N.: Breller Books, →ISBN, page 27. From the entry concoct
  • "Wobbling" is shaking a warped Masonite board to produce bizarre rhythmic sounds.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry masonite

Meaning of warp

  1. noun The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
  2. noun The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
  3. noun A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).

Full definition of warp

Questions about the past tense of warp

What is the past tense of warp?
The past tense of warp is warped.
What is the past participle of warp?
The past participle of warp is warped.
Is warp a regular or irregular verb?
Warp is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: warp (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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