weave
verb /wiːv/
/wiːv/
In sense 4 weaved /wiːvd/
/wiːvd/
is used for the past tense and past participle.Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they weave | /wiːv/ /wiːv/ |
| he / she / it weaves | /wiːvz/ /wiːvz/ |
| past simple wove | /wəʊv/ /wəʊv/ |
| past participle woven | /ˈwəʊvn/ /ˈwəʊvn/ |
| -ing form weaving | /ˈwiːvɪŋ/ /ˈwiːvɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make cloth, a carpet, a basket, etc. by crossing threads or narrow pieces of material across, over and under each other by hand or on a machine called a loom
- weave A from B The baskets are woven from strips of willow.
- weave B into A The strips of willow are woven into baskets.
- weave something together threads woven together
- weave (something) Most spiders weave webs that are almost invisible.
- She is skilled at spinning and weaving.
Extra Examples- The carpet was specially woven to commemorate the 1 000th anniversary of the cathedral's foundation.
- The threads are woven together.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- skilfully/skillfully
- seamlessly
- …
- from
- into
- [transitive] weave A (out of/from B) | weave B (into A) to make something by twisting flowers, pieces of wood, etc. together
- She deftly wove the flowers into a garland.
- [intransitive, transitive] to move along by running and changing direction continuously to avoid things that are in your way
- + adv./prep. She was weaving in and out of the traffic.
- He hurried on, weaving through the crowd.
- The road weaves through a range of hills.
- weave your way + adv./prep. He had to weave his way through the milling crowds.
- [transitive] to put facts, events, details, etc. together to make a story or a closely connected whole
- weave (something into) something to weave a narrative
- weave something together The biography weaves together the various strands of Einstein's life.
Extra Examples- Comedy and tragedy are inextricably woven into her fiction.
- Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.
- The author seamlessly weaves together the stories of three people's lives.
- The whisky is inextricably woven into Scotland's history, customs and culture.
- The author weaves the narrative around the detailed eyewitness accounts.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- skilfully/skillfully
- seamlessly
- …
- from
- into
Word Originverb senses 1 to 3 Old English wefan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huphē ‘web’ and Sanskrit ūrṇavābhi ‘spider’, literally ‘wool-weaver’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent. verb sense 4 late 16th cent.: probably from Old Norse veifa ‘to wave, brandish’.
Idioms
weave your magic | weave a spell (over somebody)
- (especially British English) to perform or behave in a way that is attractive or interesting, or that makes somebody behave in a particular way
- Will Hegerberg be able to weave her magic against Italy on Wednesday?