Woven

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weave \Weave\ (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p.
     {Woven} (w[=o]v"'n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The
     regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.]
     [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG.
     weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[aum]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve, Gr.
     "yfai`nein, v., "y`fos web, Skr. [=u]r[.n]av[=a]bhi spider,


     lit., wool weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil},
     {Weft}, {Woof}.]
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     1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to
        form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as,
        to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close
        connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
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              This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
                                                    --Shak.
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              That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired
              silk
              To deck her sons.                     --Milton.
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              And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.
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     2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as
        a texture of any kind, by putting together textile
        materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet;
        hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate;
        as, to weave the plot of a story.
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              When she weaved the sleided silk.     --Shak.
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              Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld.
                                                    Lytton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woven \Wov"en\,
     p. p. of {Weave}.
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     {Woven paper}, or {Wove paper}, writing paper having an even,
        uniform surface, without watermarks.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weave
       n : pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
       v 1: interlace by or as it by weaving [syn: {interweave}] [ant: {unweave}]
       2: create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric,
          such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: {tissue}]
       3: sway to and fro [syn: {waver}]
       4: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
          course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
          meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout
          wanders through the entire body" [syn: {wind}, {thread}, {meander},
           {wander}]
       [also: {woven}, {wove}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  woven
       adj : made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of
             material or other elements into a whole; "woven
             fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into
             the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony" [ant: {unwoven}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  woven
       See {weave}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "woven":
     braided, enlaced, entwined, fretted, handwoven, interknit,
     interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined,
     interwoven, knit, laced, loomed, plaited, platted, pleached,
     raddled, textile, twined, web-footed, webbed, webby, weblike,
     wreathed