weave

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
2. (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.
3. (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture.
4. (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.

Noun

1. A type or way of weaving.
2. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

Synonyms

plait

knit

braid

interlace

twine

entwine

texture

spin

sew

twist

intertwine

web

tie

interweave

grain

tissue

weaving

feel

wreathe

thread

🧵

loom

bind

wind

interlaced

textile

structure

stitch

intwine

cane

lace

knot

🪢

meander

make a bow

coil around

reel

repair

tress

mend

wander

beget

waver

woven item

serpentuate

twist together

become tangled

plait twist

brandish

bride

circle

⭕

coil

Translations

tisser

tejer

weben

tecer

weven

tessere

tresser

teixir

υφαίνω

flechten

texere

trenzar

vlechten

intrecciare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: weven

Inherited from Old English: wefan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: weeuwe

Cognate with Western Frisian: weve

Cognate with Dutch: weven

Cognate with German: weben

Cognate with Danish: væve

Cognate with Swedish: väva

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: veva

Cognate with Icelandic: vefa

In summary

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).