WEAVE


Meaning of WEAVE in English

(~s, weaving, wove, woven)

Note: The form '~d' is used for the past tense and past participle for meaning 4.

1.

If you ~ cloth or a carpet, you make it by crossing threads over and under each other using a frame or machine called a loom.

They would spin and ~ cloth, cook and attend to the domestic side of life...

In one room, young mothers ~ while babies doze in their laps.

VERB: V n, V

woven

...woven cotton fabrics.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

weaving

When I studied weaving, I became intrigued with natural dyes.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

A particular ~ is the way in which the threads are arranged in a cloth or carpet.

Fabrics with a close ~ are ideal for painting.

N-COUNT: usu supp N

3.

If you ~ something such as a basket, you make it by crossing long plant stems or fibres over and under each other.

Jenny ~s baskets from willow she grows herself.

VERB: V n

woven

The floors are covered with woven straw mats.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

4.

If you ~ your way somewhere, you move between and around things as you go there.

The cars then ~d in and out of traffic at top speed...

He ~s his way through a crowd.

VERB: V prep, V way prep/adv

5.

If you ~ details into a story or design, you include them, so that they are closely linked together or become an important part of the story or design. (WRITTEN)

She ~s imaginative elements into her poems...

Bragg ~s together the histories of his main characters.

VERB: V n into n, V pl-n with together

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