Meaning

6 senses

  1. A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

    Weber, Weberin

    ткачtkač, ткачи́хаtkačíxa

    ткачtkač, тка́ляtkálja

    a craftsman who weaves cloth

  2. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.

  3. A weaverbird.

  4. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.

  5. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.

  6. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.

    Webervogel

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I pick weaver ant's nests.

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  2. The spring season is normally very busy for Iowa real estate broker Georgia Weaver.

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  3. Tibetan rug weavers use traditional designs and knotting. Hence their rugs have a simple, natural look.

    ruТибетские ковроткачи используют традиционные мотивы и вязку узлов. Поэтому их ковры имеют простой, естественный вид. — Balamax

    deDie tibetanischen Teppichknüpfer wenden traditionelle Muster und Knüpftechniken an. Darum sehen ihre Teppiche einfach und natürlich aus. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. The actress Sigourney Weaver played a black-haired woman in the movie Alien, but was a brunette in the movie Avatar.

    deDie Schauspielerin Sigourney Weaver spielte in dem Film „Alien – das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt“ eine Schwarzhaarige, in dem Film „Avatar – Aufbruch nach Pandora“ hingegen eine Brünette. — Waldelfe

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who weaves:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who weaves:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who weaves:
bird in the family Ploceidae:

Origin

From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in

From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).

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Forms

plural: weavers
Singularweaver
Pluralweavers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests:weaverbirdweaver finch

Word family

17 related words
RelatedweaveB2
Derivedbasketweaverbaya weaverfunnel weaverhandweavermasterweavermeshweb weaverpeace weaversheet weaversociable weaversparrow-weaverspeckle-fronted weaverspellweavervillage weaverweaver antweaveressyellow-mantled weaver

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
weatherA1weathermanweaveB2webA2webcamB1

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