WEAVE (wove, woven)

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Irregular inflected forms: wove    , woven   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does weave mean? 

• WEAVE (noun)
  The noun WEAVE has 1 sense:

1. pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

  Familiarity information: WEAVE used as a noun is very rare.

• WEAVE (verb)
  The verb WEAVE has 4 senses:

1. interlace by or as if by weaving

2. create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

3. sway from side to side

4. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

  Familiarity information: WEAVE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("weave" is a kind of...):

design; figure; pattern (a decorative or artistic work)

Meronyms (parts of "weave"):

warp (yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof)

filling; pick; weft; woof (the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weave"):

open weave (a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric)

plain weave; taffeta weave (a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect)

satin weave (a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line)

twill; twill weave (a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs)

check (a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard))

Derivation:

weave (interlace by or as if by weaving)

weave (create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton)

• WEAVE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they weave    ... he / she / it weaves   
Past simple: weaved    / wove   
Past participle: weaved    / woven   
-ing form: weaving   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interlace by or as if by weaving

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

interweave; weave

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weave"):

tinsel (interweave with tinsel)

braid; pleach (form or weave into a braid or braids)

shoot (variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors)

raddle; ruddle (twist or braid together, interlace)

inweave (weave together into a fabric or design)

plait (weave into plaits)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unweave (undo strands that have been woven together)

Derivation:

weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

tissue; weave

Context example:

tissue textiles

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weave"):

net; web (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)

loom (weave on a loom)

brocade (weave a design into (textiles))

lace (do lacework)

braid; lace; plait (make by braiding or interlacing)

twill (weave diagonal lines into (textiles))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They weave the cape

Derivation:

weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)

weaver (a craftsman who weaves cloth)

weaving (creating fabric)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Sway from side to side

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

waver; weave

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

sway; swing (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

meander; thread; wander; weave; wind

Context example:

sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

wander (go via an indirect route or at no set pace)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weave"):

snake (move along a winding path)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Such a dream at the present time would become woven into their fears for me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

You must learn to weave baskets.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I think that we may gain that by means of the law; but we have our web to weave, while theirs is already woven.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Your partner may feel you’ve neglected your relationship to concentrate on your career, and now you can grow close again by having fun together, weaving a lasting memory of love.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The scientists formed 3-D woven textile scaffolds from a biomaterial.

(Stem cells grown on scaffold mimic hip joint cartilage, NIH)

A long slender flexible material usually consisting of several strands woven or twisted together; a part of the body resembling a cord.

(Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

Material formed by weaving, knitting, felting, or pressing fibers together.

(Cloth, NCI Thesaurus)

I had my chance, and, starting from that point, I have woven my net round him until now it is all ready to close.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval.

(NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

It was the trap, ever the trap, the fear of it lurking deep in the life of him, woven into the fibre of him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)