I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a spider spins/weaves a web (= makes a network of threads )
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A spider had spun a web between the bars of the gate.
weave a spell (= do some magic )
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She wove a spell, so that he slept forever and never grew old.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
magic
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Morley weaves its magic only by using a hedge fund to protect the assets of shareholders.
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The writers have weaved their magic again.
pattern
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Among the enormous varieties of weaving patterns , there are two that we must pay particular attention to.
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They mechanically weave into intricate patterns , twirling their 10-pound rifles with the swiftness of a baton.
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It is also true that several novelists, such as Carpentier and Fuentes, delight in weaving elaborate, formal patterns .
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We are not talking simply of the diffusion of a particular weaving and colour pattern .
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They stayed much more closely together, weaving intricate patterns round each other.
side
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But the tracer was weaving from side to side.
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Arjun was weaving from side to side as he walked.
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Suddenly, he was crouching down behind it, still hanging on, but weaving from side to side.
spell
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They are, in the most fundamental sense, magical: they weave spells , they conjure something out of nothing.
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How long did it take to weave a spell ?
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She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood!
story
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We talk to identify with new heroes, to dream new lifelines, to weave new stories into the fabric of ourselves.
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You have to sort of weave a story .
way
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Only minutes before the final whistle, Halliday weaved his way infield, causing the disruption from which Morris was to score.
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Delighted shoppers looked on as the dancers weaved their way past Darlington Dolphin Centre.
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Garcia, weaving his way around the stage and through the band, plays trumpet, sings and dances.
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The coach driver weaves his way through washed-out bits of road.
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Soon a line of toddlers and caretakers holding infants joined Miles's parade, weaving their way throughout the room.
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He had seen Nehushtah only once as she'd weaved her way , in a froth of acolytes, across the gardens.
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Suddenly, I see a boat weaving its way between the improbable pink granite rocks and I experience both relief and excitement.
web
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Textrix weaves a sheet web composed of extremely fine and closely woven silk.
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He trained them to store supplies, to weave a secret communications web and to eradicate spies and informers.
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Some of us weave small tight webs .
■ VERB
bob
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Like against Buster Mathis, he was staying in close so he could bob and weave .
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For two-plus rounds, Tyson was unable to connect as Mathis bobbed and weaved.
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Expect more bobbing and weaving while this one sorts itself out.
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This is now an election year, and the conventional wisdom has President Clinton bobbing and weaving toward the center.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
open weave/texture
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The cheese is only lightly pressed, which explains its slightly open texture.
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The inevitably open texture of such a document leaves a great degree of discretion in the hands of the judiciary.
work/weave your magic
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Across the country, says Fitness magazine, enterprising and agile therapists are working their magic on patients while running alongside them.
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Biemiller referred the congressman to this doctor, who again worked his magic .
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But now the two men have changed places, and the boat has worked its magic .
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Charles was one such, and he invited her to Highgrove to work her magic .
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He said his name was Christmas and he had worked his magic act in theatres and royal palaces all over the world.
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Morley weaves its magic only by using a hedge fund to protect the assets of shareholders.
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Paris works its magic on me.
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Two others have medical problems that have to be corrected before he can work his magic .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Only a few of the Navajo women still weave full time.
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The old highway weaved its way through Tucson.
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The river weaved across the plain, towards the sea.
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Visitors to the center can weave a white oak basket.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is also true that several novelists, such as Carpentier and Fuentes, delight in weaving elaborate, formal patterns.
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Norte weaves her observations into a witty text, filling it with multicultural detail.
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She decides to weave the most beautiful blanket in the world and falls into a trance.
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The trainees danced and weaved like boxers.
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They are, in the most fundamental sense, magical: they weave spells, they conjure something out of nothing.
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We were shown how to summarize an opinion, argue with it, weave it into our own interpretations.
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Why not discover them and weave them into your do-it-yourself material.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A weave of geographical / ecological representation and spiritual / cultural representation would result.
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But the issue penetrates, or ought to, rather deeper than the fine weave of legal technicality.
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Guitar legend Ry Cooder adds his simpatico guitar weaves.
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Nylon: A plain weave nylon.