 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
weaving
adjective: walking unsteadily; "a stqaggering gait" [syn: {lurching}, {stumbling},
{staggering}]
noun: creating fabric
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]:
Weaving \Weav"ing\, noun
1. The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art
of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of
threads.
2. (Far.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and
body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of
a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. --Youatt.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "weaving":
arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching,
crossing-out, entwining, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating,
grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching,
interlacement, interlacing, intertexture, intertwinement,
intertwining, interweaving, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing,
lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting,
network, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule,
reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue,
tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twining, wattle, weave, web,
webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork
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