- past participle of weave.
woven
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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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Reflecting on my childhood, I can see creativity woven into my family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fasting has long been woven into political life in India, a country where many of the religions its citizens embrace attach moral significance to voluntary self-denial.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
For now, the humble paper check remains too deeply woven into the fabric of American life to truly rest in peace — even if writing one means playing a riskier game with swindlers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He briefly considers a bizarre woven tapestry featuring his brothers’ faces rendered in fabric before settling on a blue, crinkly tarp.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
She was dressed as a butterfly, glittering wings and bobbing antennae, her ginger hair woven into a tail down her back.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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