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weave

UK/wiːv/ US/ˈwiv/ fairly common
verb (4) noun (1)

verb

1.

interlace by or as it by weaving

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2.

create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

  • “tissue textiles”
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3.

sway to and fro

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4.

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”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • mana weave
  • Panama weave
  • plain weave
  • satin weave
  • Thach weave
  • what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

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