weave

Meaning

Verb

1. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
2. To spin a cocoon or a web.
3. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
4. 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

compile

convolve

cotton

crochet

dodge

edit

embroider

enlace

fabric

fabricate

hover

interlacing

inweave

junction

knitting

mesh

network

node

raddle

ruddle

secure

shave

shell

🐚

shuttle

sing

spiral

spiry

spread

tangled

turn

walk

🚶

wattle

wheel

🛞

work

wrap

zig-zag

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wiːv/

Etymology

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 Saterland Frisian weeuwe, West Frisian weve, Dutch weven, German weben, Danish væve, Swedish väva, Norwegian Nynorsk veva, Icelandic vefa.