EGAVE

weave

About 2.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
    This loom weaves yarn into cloth.
  2. verb To spin a cocoon or a web.
    Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
  3. verb To unite by close connection or intermixture.
  4. verb To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
    to weave the plot of a story
  5. noun A type or way of weaving.
    That rug has a very tight weave.
  6. noun Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
  7. verb To move by turning and twisting.
    The drunk weaved into another bar.
  8. verb 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.

Similar words

thread tissue interweave meander wind waver twill weft embroidery toile

Often followed by

the a of in and their together into them

Word family

weaved weaves weaving wove woven

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