- past participle of weave.
woven
Americanverb
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Explanation
Anything that's woven is made by braiding or intertwining threads or fibers. Your beautiful woven blanket is extra special because it was made by hand from local wool. A woven basket is made by interlacing strips of a material — dried grasses, straw, thread, or wood, for example — usually forming a circular base and solid sides. When something is woven, it has a solid form despite its seemingly fragile parts. A heavy woven rug started as individual wool fibers that had to be interlaced to form the thick mat beneath your feet.
Example Sentences
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China also remains deeply woven into Apple’s manufacturing network, even as the company shifts more production to countries including India and Vietnam.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
They’re hiding in plain sight, as ordinary people who run businesses woven into the fabric of everyday life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
After learning of her death, Fonda posted on social media: "She is woven into all our lives and hearts forever."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
A carved wooden box stood on a shelf pushed back behind a round basket woven from black and green telephone wires.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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