Search results for 'weave':

weave¹ verb (wove , woven , weaving) 1 tr & intr to make (cloth or tapestry) in a loom, passing threads under and over the threads of a fixed warp; to interlace (threads) in this way. 2 to depict something by weaving. 3 to construct anything eg a basket or fence, by passing flexible strips in and out between fixed canes, etc; to make something by interlacing or intertwining. 4 a to devise (a story or plot, etc); b to work (details or facts, etc) into a story, etc. 5 said of a spider: to weave or spin (a web). noun the pattern, compactness or texture of the weaving in a fabric. weaver noun 1 someone who weaves. 2 a weaverbird.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon wefian.

weave² verb (weaved, weaving) intrans to move to and fro, or wind in and out. get weaving colloq to get busy; to hurry.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.