Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weave \Weave\, v. i.
1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
2. To become woven or interwoven.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weave \Weave\, n.
A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere
weave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Weave \Weave\, v. t. [imp. {Wove}; p. p. {Woven}, {Wove}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved}, is
rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G.
weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v["a]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve,
Gr. ?, v., ? web, Skr. ?r?av[=a]bhi spider, lit., wool
weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil}, {Weft},
{Woof}.]
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.
This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
--Shak.
That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired
silk To deck her sons. --Milton.
And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.
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.
When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak.
Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld.
Lytton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
weave
n : pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
v 1: interlace as if weaving [syn: {interweave}] [ant: {unweave}]
2: of textiles; create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands
of fabric, such as wool or cotton [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}]
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