Noun

• S: (n) deflection, warp (a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) warp, buckle (a shape distorted by twisting or folding)
• S: (n) warp, warping (a moral or mental distortion)
• S: (n) warp (yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof)

Verb

• S: (v) falsify, distort, garble, warp (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)
• S: (v) heave, buckle, warp (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat) "The highway buckled during the heat wave"