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weave

verb
/wiːv/

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from *webʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *webaną✻
  3. inherited from *weban✻
  4. inherited from wefan
  5. inherited from weven — “to weave”

Definitions

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

    • This loom weaves yarn into cloth.

  2. To spin a cocoon or a web.

    • Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.

  3. To unite by close connection or intermixture.

    • This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
    • these words, thus woven into song
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To compose creatively and intricately

      To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.

      • to weave the plot of a story

    2. A type or way of weaving.

      • That rug has a very tight weave.

    3. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover…

      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.

    4. To move by turning and twisting.

      • The drunk weaved into another bar.
      • The victims’ feeling of incredulity at what they were seeing, swiftly turning to paralysing fear as the van bore down on them, swerving and weaving to hit as many people as possible, can barely be imagined.
      • Tevez picked up a throw-in from the right, tip-toed his way into the area and weaved past three Wolves challenges before slotting in to display why, of all City's multi-million pound buys, he remains their most important player.

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

      • The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
      • Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread: For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drank the milk of Paradise.

    6. To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of…

      To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.

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Derived

basketweave, even-weave, mana weave, Panama weave, plain weave, satin weave, Thach weave, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA