weave

Pronunciation

• enPR: wēv
• IPA ^(key): /wiːv/

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Homophones

• we've

Verb

Plain form weave

Third-person singular weaves

Past tense wove

Past participle woven

Present participle weaving

This person is weaving a cloth

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you weave, you make cloth by crossing many threads.

   This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.

2. To spin a cocoon or a web.

   Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.

Noun

Singular weave

Plural weaves

1. Human or artificial hair that is worn to change your appearance, either in addition to or by covering the natural hair altogether.
2. ­A type or way of weaving.

   That rug has a very tight weave.