weave

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: wēv, IPA(key): /wiːv/ Homophone: we've Rhymes: -iːv === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Verb ==== weave (third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past wove or weaved, past participle woven or weaved or (now colloquial and nonstandard) wove) (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web. (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture. (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate. ===== Related terms ===== web sew ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== weave (plural weaves) A type or way of weaving. (cosmetics) Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair. ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare. ==== Verb ==== weave (third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past and past participle weaved) (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting. (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side. (intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “weave”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “weave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.