weave
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weave verb.
It is worth pointing out that there are two words involved here, although their meanings overlap in figurative applications. The one meaning ‘to form fabric by interlacing threads’ is from Old English, and the other, meaning ‘to take a winding course’, is a form of a later (13c) word taken from Old Norse. The two verbs have different sets of inflection: the older word has a past form wove and a past participle woven, and the later word has weaved for both. Care needs to be taken to distinguish these in figurative uses; both words can be used but the image is different in each case:
• She wove her way among the crowd, bumping into people, being bumped into —M. Ramgobin, SAfrE 1986
• Then they got on to the little scooter and weaved down the lane —Jeanette Winterson, 1987
• He wove in between the aisles, heading for the back where their desks had been set up —fiction website, AmE 2003 [OEC].
Modern English usage.
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Weave — (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p. {Woven} (w[=o]v n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weave — [wēv] vt. WOVE or, chiefly for vt. 6 & vi. 2, weaved, woven or wove or, chiefly for vt. 6 & vi. 2, weaved, weaving, wove [ME weven < OE wefan, akin to ON vefa, Ger weben < IE * webh (> Gr hyphē) < base * (a)we , to plait, weave] 1. a) … English World dictionary
weave — Ⅰ. weave [1] ► VERB (past wove; past part. woven or wove) 1) form (fabric) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them. 2) (usu. as noun weaving) make fabric in this way. 3) … English terms dictionary
Weave — Weave, n. A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weave — (v.) O.E. wefan form by interlacing yarn (class V strong verb; past tense wæf, pp. wefen), from P.Gmc. *webanan (Cf. O.N. vefa, M.L.G., M.Du., Du. weven, O.H.G. weban, Ger. weben to weave ), from PIE *webh /*wobh (Cf. Skt. ubhnati he laces to … Etymology dictionary
weave — weave, knit, crochet, braid, plait, tat mean to make a fabric or textile or to form an article by interlacing threads or strands of material. Weave usually implies crossing rows of threads or strands interlaced into a web, irrespective of method … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Weave — Weave, v. i. 1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom. [1913 Webster] 2. To become woven or interwoven. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weave — index incorporate (include) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
weave — [v] blend, unite; contrive braid, build, careen, complect, complicate, compose, construct, create, criss cross, crochet, cue, entwine, fabricate, fold, fuse, incorporate, interfold, interlace, interlink, intermingle, intertwine, introduce, knit,… … New thesaurus
weave — I n. a plain; satin; twill weave II v. 1) (C) she wove a basket for us; or: she wove us a basket 2) (d; tr.) to weave around, round (she wove the story around a specific theme) 3) (d; tr.) to weave from, out of (she wants to weave a scarf from… … Combinatory dictionary
