Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

    This loom weaves yarn into cloth.

    weben

    ткатьtkatʹ, сотка́тьsotkátʹ, плести́plestí

    тка́тиtkáty, плести́plestý

  2. (transitive)To spin a cocoon or a web.

    Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.

    weben

    плести́plestí, сплести́splestí, ткатьtkatʹ

  3. (transitive)To unite by close connection or intermixture.

  4. (transitive)To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.

    to weave the plot of a story

  5. (intransitive)To move by turning and twisting.

    The drunk weaved into another bar.

    заворачиватьzavoračivatʹ

  6. (transitive)To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.

    The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.

  7. (intransitive)To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.

More definitions
  • interlace by or as if by weaving
  • create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
  • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • sway from side to side

Examples

143 sentences

  1. My grandmother likes to weave things.

    ruМоя бабушка любит заниматься плетением. — MARDEN

    deMeine Großmutter webt gerne. — Tamy

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  2. Basket weaving isn't all that complicated.

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  3. Did you weave this basket yourself?

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  4. Tom is learning to weave baskets.

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  5. This fabric has a tight weave.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another:
Русский
By meaning 2
to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another:
to move by turning and twisting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another:

Origin

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-We

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”).

From Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare.

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Forms

weaves, weaving, wove, woven
Base formweave · to weave
3rd person singularweaves
Present participleweaving
Past simplewove / weaved
Past participlewoven / weaved

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyweave
he, she, itweaves

Past simpleLesson

all personswove

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave woven
he, she, ithas woven

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill weave

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • interlace by or as if by weaving:interweave
  • create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton:tissue
  • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course:wind-vthreadmeanderwander
  • sway from side to side:waver

Antonyms

1 antonyms
unweave

Word family

4 related words
RelatedwebA2sewA2weaverweaving

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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