weave
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.
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.
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.
a pattern of or method for interlacing yarns.
Origin of weave
1Other words for weave
Other words from weave
- outweave, verb (used with object), out·wove, out·wo·ven, or out·wove, out·weav·ing.
- re·weave, verb, re·wove, re·wo·ven or re·wove, re·weav·ing.
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How to use weave in a sentence
The mysterious current had been severed by the diversion, and had slowly to be rewoven by the seeress's will.
The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel WilliamsonThe warp and woof threads that have been worn away are to be rewoven into the cloth.
Handicraft for Girls | Idabelle McGlauflin
British Dictionary definitions for weave
/ (wiːv) /
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
the method or pattern of weaving or the structure of a woven fabric
Origin of weave
1Derived forms of weave
- weaving, noun
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