Weave
[wiːv] or [wiv]
Definition
(noun.) pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric.
(verb.) interlace by or as if by weaving.
(verb.) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; 'tissue textiles'.
(verb.) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; 'the river winds through the hills'; 'the path meanders through the vineyards'; 'sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body'.
Typist: Sam--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
(v. t.) To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story.
(v. i.) To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
(v. i.) To become woven or interwoven.
(n.) A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.
Edited by Cecilia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Interlace (as the threads of a fabric), entwine, plait, plat, braid, mat.
Edited by Carlos
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Interlace, {[brukl]?}, intertwine, intermix, plait, complicate, intersect
ANT:Unravel, untwist, disunite, disentangle, extricate, simplify, enucleate,dissect
Checked by Gerald
Definition
v.t. and v.i. (Spens.) waved floated.
v.t. to twine threads together: to unite threads in a loom to form cloth: to work into a fabric: to unite by intermixture: to construct contrive.—v.i. to practise weaving:—pa.t. wōve (rarely) weaved; pa.p. wōv′en.—ns. Weav′er; Weav′er-bird a family of Passerine birds resembling the finches so called from their remarkably woven nests; Weav′ing the act or art of forming a web or cloth by the intersecting of two distinct sets of fibres threads or yarns—those passing longitudinally from end to end of the web forming the warp those crossing and intersecting the warp at right angles forming the weft.
Checker: Mandy
Examples
- Weave the threads of golden hair, Golden future also weaving. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Its history and its associations are its chiefest charm, in any eyes, and the spells they weave are feeble in the searching light of the sun. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Natural fibers, moreover, are difficult to spin and weave unless some softening material such as wax or resin is rubbed lightly over them. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Later he learned to spin and weave; next to food and drink, clothing became a fundamental necessity, for without it his life could not extend outside of the limited zone of the tropics. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We also weave silks for ourselves; the factory is to the right. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Party speeches were delivered, which clothed the question in cant, and veiled its simple meaning in a woven wind of words. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I had woven underwear and I did not think I would catch cold if I kept moving. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- One purpose to which it was suggested this coloured photographic process is applicable, is printing on woven fabrics, the action of light serving as a mordant to fix the colours. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I had my chance, and, starting from that point, I have woven my net round him until now it is all ready to close. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There were eight children, and their shoes were cobbled, their clothes woven, their very beds and chairs and tables built at home. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To charge that the various activities of gardening, weaving, construction in wood, manipulation of metals, cooking, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Nearly 5,000 United States patents have been granted in the class of weaving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was as if she would never have done weaving the great provision of her thoughts. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It rows, it pumps, it excavates, it carries, it draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weaves, it prints. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This purpose continued as you wove it? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My seething blade wove a net of death about me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The women span and wove and embroidered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The oak roots, turfed and mossed, gave a seat; the oak boughs, thick-leaved, wove a canopy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A further step in this line brought Edison to the aerophone, around which the Figaro weaved its fanciful description. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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