(figuratively) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
(nautical) 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 theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvialdeposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
(obsolete outside dialects) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure: about four fish, though sometimes three or even two), oysters, etc.
Verb
To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally: