weave
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English wefan, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”). Cognate with West Frisian weve, Dutch weven, German weben, Danish væve, Swedish väva.
Verb[edit]
weave (third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past wove, past participle woven)
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
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Translations[edit]
to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
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to spin a cocoon or a web
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Noun[edit]
weave (plural weaves)
- A type or way of weaving.
- That rug has a very tight weave.
- Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either in addition to or by covering the natural hair altogether.
Translations[edit]
a type or way of weaving
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from Old Norse veifa ‘move around, wave’, related to Latin vibrare.
Verb[edit]
weave (third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past and past participle weaved)
- To make or move by turning and twisting.
- The ambulance had to weave its way through traffic to reach the accident.
- 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.
- 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, BBC:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
to weave
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References[edit]
- weave in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- weave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
