[syn: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Weave \Weave\ (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Wove (w[=o]v); p. p.
Woven (w[=o]v"'n), Wove; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaving. The
regular imp. & p. p. Weaved (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.]
[OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG.
weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[aum]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve, Gr.
"yfai`nein, v., "y`fos web, Skr. [=u]r[.n]av[=a]bhi spider,
lit., wool weaver. Cf. Waper, Waffle, Web, Weevil,
Weft, Woof.]
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1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to
form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as,
to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close
connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
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This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
--Shak.
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That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired
silk
To deck her sons. --Milton.
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And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.
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2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as
a texture of any kind, by putting together textile
materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet;
hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate;
as, to weave the plot of a story.
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When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak.
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Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld.
Lytton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Weave \Weave\, v. i.
1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
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2. To become woven or interwoven.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Weave \Weave\, n.
A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere
weave.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
weave
n 1: pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
v 1: interlace by or as if by weaving [syn: weave,
interweave] [ant: unweave]
2: create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric,
such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: weave,
tissue]
3: sway to and fro [syn: waver, weave]
4: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders
through the entire body" [syn: weave, wind, thread,
meander, wander]