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verb (used with object), wove or especially for 5, weaved; wo·ven or wove; weav·ing.

verb (used without object), wove or especially for 9, weaved; wo·ven or wove; weav·ing.

noun

a pattern of or method for interlacing yarns.
hairweave(defs 1, 2).

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Origin of weave

before 900; Middle English weven, Old English wefan; cognate with German weben, Old Norse vefa; see web
Related formsout·weave, 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.

Synonyms for weave

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3. contrive, fabricate, construct, compose. 4. insert, intermix, intermingle.
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Examples from the Web for weaving

Contemporary Examples of weaving

Historical Examples of weaving

  • It is possible that this is one link in the chain of influence which she was weaving around them.

  • Beyond was the ceaseless bellowing and stamping and weaving of the herds.

    A Woman Tenderfoot

    Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

  • Have patience, therefore, till I shall have finished the web that I am weaving.

    Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew

    Josephine Preston Peabody

  • And why are you so busy, my pretty damsels, weaving these garlands?

    Maid Marian

    Thomas Love Peacock

  • “The Ruler of Heaven has ordered me to look after my weaving,” said she.

British Dictionary definitions for weaving

weave

verb weaves, weaving, wove, weaved, woven or weaved

to form (a fabric) by interlacing (yarn, etc), esp on a loom
(tr) to make or construct by such a processto 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 introduceto weave factual details into a fiction
to create (a way, etc) by moving from side to sideto 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 Formsweaving, noun

Word Origin for weave

Old English wefan; related to Old High German weban, Old Norse vefa, Greek hyphos, Sanskrit vābhis; compare web, weevil, wasp
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Word Origin and History for weaving

weave

n.

"method or pattern of weaving," 1888, from weave (v.).

weave

v.

Old English wefan "form by interlacing yarn" (class V strong verb; past tense wæf, past participle wefen), from Proto-Germanic *weban (cf. Old Norse vefa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch weven, Old High German weban, German weben "to weave"), from PIE *webh- "to weave;" also "to move quickly" (cf. Sanskrit ubhnati "he laces together," Persian baftan "to weave," Greek hyphe, hyphos "web," Old English webb "web").

Extended sense of "combine into a whole" is from late 14c.; meaning "go by twisting and turning" is first found 1590s. Sense in boxing is from 1818. Related: Wove; weaved; weaving.

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