woven

American  

[woh-vuhn] / ˈwoʊ vən /

verb

1. a past participle of weave.

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woven British  

/ ˈwəʊvən /

verb

1. a past participle of weave

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Other Word Forms

• half-woven
  adjective
• unwoven
  adjective
• well-woven
  adjective

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

Woven baskets filled with Parker House rolls or Hawaiian rolls.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Woven throughout the show’s jokes and sight gags was a laugh track—a first in American television—to “sweeten” the material and cue viewers at home when something was funny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Woven Housing Association takes the issue of pest control very seriously and will act quickly where it is aware of an issue.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Woven through the expanse of data centers are new stores, residential neighborhoods, an ice skating rink and public facilities that prove this town is in no way short of money.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Woven carbon thread ran slowly through the press, which sandwiched it between polymer sheets.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir