Antonyms for weave

Grammar : Verb

Spell : weev

Phonetic Transcription : wiv

Definition of weave

Origin : Old English wefan "form by interlacing yarn" (class V strong verb; past tense wæf, past participle wefen), from Proto-Germanic *weban (cf. Old Norse vefa, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch weven, Old High German weban, German weben "to weave"), from PIE *webh- "to weave;" also "to move quickly" (cf. Sanskrit ubhnati "he laces together," Persian baftan "to weave," Greek hyphe, hyphos "web," Old English webb "web").
Extended sense of "combine into a whole" is from late 14c.; meaning "go by twisting and turning" is first found 1590s. Sense in boxing is from 1818. Related: Wove; weaved; weaving.

verb blend, unite; contrive

Example sentences :

She meant to weave some nice brushes, for the evening sweeping.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

And since it is your glory to weave, you and yours must weave forever.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

Let your business still be poetry, but weave it out of life instead of words.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

We cut with a knife, we pierce with an awl, we weave with a shuttle, we name with a name.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

So then you would counsel me to weave myself some sort of net?
Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon

But my bride must be able to gather the flax, and spin and weave a shirt, all in one day.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

Of all the precious schemes that had taken him months to weave, what was to come of them now?
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

It were, indeed, to weave Cyprus with the garland of the Bride!
Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever

And who could possibly have taken the trouble to weave all this romance about me?
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

Mayhap I'll weave it on a pillow into lace, as the maids in fair Holland are used to do.
Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin

Synonyms for weave

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