Meaning & use

weave

verb·Everyday

To form fabric or a pattern by crossing threads over and under one another.

See it in a sentence

She carefully weaves bright wool into elaborate patterns on her traditional handloom.

Traditional weavers in the village weave baskets from thin strips of dried reed.

A note on using this word

Weave is irregular for fabric: past tense wove, past participle woven; the movement sense below instead uses weaved.

Words with a similar meaning

knitinterlace

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To move by turning and twisting from side to side, especially through obstacles.

The cyclist wove skillfully between pedestrians on the crowded sidewalk.

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