weave1
• verb (past wove; past part. woven or wove) 1 form (fabric) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them. 2 usu. as noun weaving make fabric in this way. 3 make (basketwork or a wreath) by interlacing rods or flowers. 4 (weave into) make (interconnected elements) into (a story). • noun a particular style or manner in which fabric is woven: cloth of a very fine weave. — ORIGIN Old English.
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