(~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