Weave
verb (used with object), wove or especially for 5, weaved; woven or wove; weaving.
1.
to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
2.
to form by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material:
to weave a basket; to weave cloth.
3.
to form by combining various elements or details into a connected whole:
to weave a tale; to weave a plan.
4.
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.
5.
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.
verb (used without object), wove or especially for 9, weaved; woven or wove; weaving.
6.
to form or construct something, as fabric, by interlacing threads, yarns, strips, etc.
7.
to compose a connected whole by combining various elements or details.
8.
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.
9.
to move or proceed in a winding course or from side to side:
dancers weaving in time to the music.
noun
10.
a pattern of or method for interlacing yarns.
11.
hairweave (defs 1, 2).
verb weaves, weaving, wove, weaved, woven, weaved
1.
to form (a fabric) by interlacing (yarn, etc), esp on a loom
2.
(transitive) to make or construct by such a process: to weave a shawl
3.
(transitive) to make or construct (an artefact, such as a basket) by interlacing (a pliable material, such as cane)
4.
(of a spider) to make (a web)
5.
(transitive) to construct by combining separate elements into a whole
6.
(transitive; often foll by in, into, through, etc) to introduce: to weave factual details into a fiction
7.
to create (a way, etc) by moving from side to side: to weave through a crowd
8.
(intransitive) (lbsubjfld) (of a stabled horse) to swing the head, neck, and body backwards and forwards
9.
(informal) get weaving, to hurry; start to do something
noun
10.
the method or pattern of weaving or the structure of a woven fabric
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