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weave
[ weev ]
verb (used with object)
- to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- to form by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material:
to weave a basket; to weave cloth.
- to form by combining various elements or details into a connected whole:
to weave a tale; to weave a plan.
- to introduce as an element or detail into a connected whole (usually followed by in or into ):
She wove an old folk melody into her latest musical composition.
Synonyms: intermingle, intermix, insert
- to direct or move along in a winding or zigzag course; move from side to side, especially to avoid obstructions:
to weave one's way through traffic.
verb (used without object)
- to form or construct something, as fabric, by interlacing threads, yarns, strips, etc.
- to compose a connected whole by combining various elements or details.
- to be or become formed or composed from the interlacing of materials or the combining of various elements:
The yarn wove into a beautiful fabric.
- to move or proceed in a winding course or from side to side:
dancers weaving in time to the music.
noun
- a pattern of or method for interlacing yarns.
weave
/ wiːv /
verb
- to form (a fabric) by interlacing (yarn, etc), esp on a loom
- tr to make or construct by such a process
to weave a shawl
- tr to make or construct (an artefact, such as a basket) by interlacing (a pliable material, such as cane)
- (of a spider) to make (a web)
- tr to construct by combining separate elements into a whole
- tr; often foll by in, into, through, etc to introduce
to weave factual details into a fiction
- to create (a way, etc) by moving from side to side
to weave through a crowd
- intr vet science (of a stabled horse) to swing the head, neck, and body backwards and forwards
- get weaving informal.to hurry; start to do something
noun
- the method or pattern of weaving or the structure of a woven fabric
Derived Forms
- ˈweaving, noun
Other Words From
- outweave verb (used with object) outwove outwoven or outwove outweaving
- re·weave verb rewove rewoven or rewove reweaving
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of weave1
Example Sentences
It was literally the worst week of my life and the weave from hell.
If you’re in a society that says you have to get this weave or lose your job, that’s not really a choice.
Visual references to everything from Cat People to Psycho abound, with the film’s J-horror debt becoming more pronounced once women with possessed weaves go on the attack, their tresses thrashing around like Gorgon serpents.
Still, the fiber a fabric is made from seems to matter less than a fabric’s weave or knit density, the number of layers, and the shape and size of the mask itself.
The loose hessian weave of most coffee sacks won’t survive the washer and dryer, so the best thing to do is hand-wash them in soapy water and leave them to hang dry.
Her microhistories weave compelling lives into larger stories, and William Moulton Marston is irresistible.
The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.
I heard he helped you create Thanos, and weave him into the story.
Ex-sexy elf Orlando Bloom, without even putting on his Legolas weave, turns Justin Bieber-punching everyman.
He compares himself to Scheherazade, whose survival was based on her ability to weave tale after tale.
She could not work on such a day, nor weave fancies to stir her pulses and warm her blood.
Nine identical High-Pocketses—all so tall they had to weave around the neon lights instead of ducking under them.
The women of the interior spin and weave for their household, and they also embroider very beautifully.
The artisans of Bengal can weave, the Chinese boatmen can row, with its aid, and it adds much to facility in climbing.
The last sighs of a man will weave the brilliant corolla of a flower, or expand like a smile over the verdant meadow.
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