"warp and woof" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-warp and woof.ogg [Australia] Forms: warps and woofs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|warps and woofs}} warp and woof (countable and uncountable, plural warps and woofs)
  1. The threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Weaving Synonyms: warp and weft Translations (threads in a woven fabric): schering en inslag (Dutch), loimi ja kude (Finnish), שְׁתִי וָעֵרֶב (shti va'érev) (Hebrew), trama e ordito (Italian)
    Sense id: en-warp_and_woof-en-noun-sftNBlXu Disambiguation of Weaving: 79 21 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'threads in a woven fabric': 95 5
  2. (by extension) The fundamental structure of any process or system. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (fundamental structure): لُحْمَة وَسَدَاة (alt: luḥma(t) wasadāh) [feminine] (Arabic), perusrakenne (Finnish), ydin (Finnish), tuki ja turva (Finnish), kulmakivi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-warp_and_woof-en-noun-1r0rZEZ3 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'fundamental structure': 9 91

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