Synonyms for weave
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : weev |
| Phonetic Transcription : wiv |
Top 10 synonyms for weave Other synonyms for the word weave
- build
- complect
- complicate
- criss-cross
- crochet
- cue
- interfold
- interlace
- interlink
- intermingle
- intertwine
- introduce
- knit
- knot
- loop
- lurch
- make
- make up
- manufacture
- mat
- merge
- mesh
- move in and out
- net
- piece together
- plait
- ply
- put together
- reticulate
- sew
- snake
- spin
- splice
- twine
- twist
- twist and turn
- whip through
- wind
- wreathe
- writhe
- zigzag
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for weave
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