weave.
THE SHORT MEANINGTo bring threads together into a whole.
Ideas & craftMeaning & usage
To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
This loom weaves yarn into cloth.
To spin a cocoon or a web.
Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
To unite by close connection or intermixture.
To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
to weave the plot of a story
Where this word comes from
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”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).
A type or way of weaving.
That rug has a very tight weave.
Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
Where this word comes from
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”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).
To move by turning and twisting.
The drunk weaved into another bar.
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.
To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare.
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