weave
To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
Example
“This loom weaves yarn into cloth.”
Other meanings
To spin a cocoon or a web.
“Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.”
To unite by close connection or intermixture.
Related words
- basketweave
- even-weave
- mana weave
- Panama weave
- plain weave
- satin weave
- Thach weave
Word history
From Old English "wefan" (to weave).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “weave” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.