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WEAVE

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Irregular inflected forms: wove    , woven   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("weave" is a kind of...):

design; figure; pattern (a decorative or artistic work)

Meronyms (parts of "weave"):

warp (yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof)

filling; pick; weft; woof (the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weave"):

check (a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard))

open weave (a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric)

plain weave; taffeta weave (a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect)

satin weave (a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line)

twill; twill weave (a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs)

Derivation:

weave (interlace by or as if by weaving)

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interlace by or as if by weaving

Synonyms:

interweave; weave

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weave"):

braid; pleach (form or weave into a braid or braids)

tinsel (interweave with tinsel)

shoot (variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors)

raddle; ruddle (twist or braid together, interlace)

inweave (weave together into a fabric or design)

plait (weave into plaits)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unweave (undo strands that have been woven together)

Derivation:

weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

tissue textiles

Synonyms:

tissue; weave

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weave"):

net; web (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)

loom (weave on a loom)

brocade (weave a design into (textiles))

lace (do lacework)

braid; lace; plait (make by braiding or interlacing)

twill (weave diagonal lines into (textiles))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They weave the cape

Derivation:

weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)

weaver (a craftsman who weaves cloth)

weaving (creating fabric)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Sway from side to side

Synonyms:

waver; weave

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

sway; swing (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Example:

sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

Synonyms:

meander; thread; wander; weave; wind

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "weave" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

wander (go via an indirect route or at no set pace)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weave"):

snake (move along a winding path)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

I could not myself see the bearing of this incident, but I clearly perceived that Holmes was weaving it into the general scheme which he had formed in his brain.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is characterized by the presence of fibrous tissue and a mineralized component which may be woven bone, lamellar bone, or cementum-like material.

(Ossifying Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A solid composed active and/or inert ingredient(s) in a woven absorbent material.

(Cloth Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign fibrous neoplasm characterized by a mineralized component (woven bone, lamellar bone, or cementum-like material).

(Ossifying Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The glandular architecture consists of small, round acini amid loosely woven, randomly oriented stroma.

(Peripheral Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor is composed of woven bone trabeculae and shares similar histologic characteristics with the osteoid osteoma.

(Osteoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Filmy purple mists, that were not vapors but fabrics woven of color, hid in the recesses of the hills.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A receptacle with a body constructed of film, woven plastic, woven fabric, paper or combination thereof, together with any appropriate service equipment and handling devices, and if necessary, an inner coating or liner.

(Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container, NCI Thesaurus)

Back and forth across the desolation drifted their howls, weaving the very air into a fabric of menace that was so tangible that he found himself, arms in the air, pressing it back from him as it might be the walls of a wind-blown tent.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It would not rest him to lie down, and he could not close his eyes; so he remained all night staring at a little spider which was weaving its web in a corner of the room, just as if it were not one of the most wonderful rooms in the world.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)