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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weave \Weave\ (w[=e]v), verb (used with an object) [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["a]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}.]
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.
This weaves itself, perforce, into my business. --Shak.
That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons. --Milton.
And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.
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.
When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak.
Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld. Lytton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weave \Weave\, verb (used without an object)
1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
2. To become woven or interwoven.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weave \Weave\, noun A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
weave
noun: pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
verb
1: interlace by or as it by weaving [syn: {interweave}] [ant: {unweave}]
2: create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: {tissue}]
3: sway to and fro [syn: {waver}]
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: {wind}, {thread}, {meander}, {wander}] [also: {woven}, {wove}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
177 Moby Thesaurus words for "weave": anatomy, arabesque, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, basketry, basketwork, braid, braiding, build, building, cancellation, careen, cloth, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, creation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, drapery, enlace, enlacement, entwine, entwinement, entwining, etoffe, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, feel, felt, filigree, finish, forging, form, format, formation, frame, fret, fretwork, getup, goods, grain, granular texture, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, indentation, interknit, interknitting, interlace, interlacement, interlacery, interlacing, intertexture, interthreading, intertie, intertieing, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwining, intertwist, intertwisting, interweave, interweavement, interweaving, intort, knit, knitting, knub, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, loom, loop, make, makeup, making, manufacture, mat, material, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mold, molding, nap, napery, net, netting, network, noose, nub, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern, patterning, physique, pile, pit, plait, plaiting, plan, pleach, plexure, plexus, pock, production, protuberance, raddle, rag, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, setup, shag, shape, shaping, sieve, silk, splice, stagger, structure, structuring, stuff, surface, surface texture, sway, swing, tectonics, textile, textile fabric, texture, tissu, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twill, twine, twining, twist, twisting, wale, warp and woof, warpage, wattle, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, weftage, wicker, wickerwork, wobble, woof, wool, wreathe, wreathing
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