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Weave

//wiːv// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type or way of weaving.

    "That rug has a very tight weave."

  2. 2
    pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric wordnet
  3. 3
    Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

    "The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings."

Verb
  1. 1
    To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. transitive

    "This loom weaves yarn into sweaters."

  2. 2
    To move by turning and twisting. intransitive

    "The drunk weaved into another bar."

  3. 3
    interlace by or as if by weaving wordnet
  4. 4
    To spin a cocoon or a web. transitive

    "Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs."

  5. 5
    To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side. transitive

    "The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic."

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  1. 6
    create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton wordnet
  2. 7
    To unite by close connection or intermixture. transitive

    "This weaves itself, perforce, into my business."

  3. 8
    To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress. intransitive
  4. 9
    sway from side to side wordnet
  5. 10
    To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate. transitive

    "to weave the plot of a story"

  6. 11
    to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare.

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