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 Definitions for Woven: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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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WordNet (r) 2.0
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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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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woven
See weave
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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
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