Meaning & use
weave
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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