English

Pronunciation
enPR|w�v, IPA|/wi�v/
audio|en-us-weave.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|i�v

Homophones
we've|we�ve

Etymology 1
OE. wefan. Cognate with Dutch weven, German weben, Swedish väva.

Verb
en-verb|weaves|weaving|wove|woven

1. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

#: This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.

1. To spin a cocoon or a web.

#: Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.

Translations
trans-top|to weave
Albanian: end
Catalan: teixir
Chinese: 編�, ��
Croatian: tkati
Czech: tkát
Danish: væve
Dutch: weven
Esperanto: teksi
Finnish: kutoa
French: tisser
German: weben (1, 2)
Greek: ��άνει
Hungarian: sz�
Indonesian: anyam|menganyam, jalin|menjalin
Interlingua: texer
Italian: tessere
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Japanese: 編� (��, amu)
Norwegian: veve
Portuguese: tecer
Russian: �пле��и (splesti)
Slovene: plesti
Spanish: tejer
Telugu: �ల�ల� (allu), న�య� (naeyu)
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Noun
en-noun

1. ­A type or way of weaving.

#: That rug has a very tight weave.

Translations
trans-top|a type or way of weaving
Chinese: ��, ��
Dutch: weefsel n
French: armure f
German: Webart f
Greek: ��αν�η f
Italian: tessuto m
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Kurdish: KUchar|Ú�Ù�Û�Ù�
Spanish: armadura
Telugu: �ల�లి� (allika), న�త (naeta)
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Etymology 2
Probably from ON. veifa �move around, wave�, related to Latin vibrare.

Verb
en-verb|weaves|weaving|wove|woven

1. To make or move by turning and twisting.

#: The ambulance had to weave its way through traffic to reach the accident.

1. To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.

#: The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.

Translations
trans-top|to weave
French: se faufiler, se frayer un chemin
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Slovene: vijugati
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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