WOVEN

woven

(adjective) 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”

WEAVE

weave, interweave

(verb) interlace by or as if by weaving

weave, tissue

(verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; “tissue textiles”

waver, weave

(verb) sway from side to side

weave, wind, thread, meander, wander

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

woven (not comparable)

Fabricated by weaving.

Interlaced

Noun

woven (plural wovens)

A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

Verb

woven

past participle of weave

Source: Wiktionary


Wov"en,

Definition: p. p. of Weave. Woven paper, or Wove paper, writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks.

WEAVE

Weave, v. t. [imp. Wove; p. p. Woven, Wove; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaving. The regular imp. & p. p. Weaved (, is rarely used.] Etym: [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. väfva, Dan. væve, Gr. 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.

Weave, v. i.

1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom.

2. To become woven or interwoven.

Weave, n.

Definition: A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 April 2024

MULTIPHASE

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