 4 definitions found
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wove
See {weave}
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]:
Wove \Wove\,
p. pr. & rare vb. n. of {Weave}.
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