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woven |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Weave \Weave\, v. t. [imp. {Wove}; p. p. {Woven}, {Wove}; p. pr & vb n. {Weaving}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved}, is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw v["a]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve, Gr ?, v., ? web, Skr. ?r?av[=a]bhi spider, lit., wool weaver. Cf {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil}, {Weft}, {Woof}.] 1. To unite, as threads of any kind in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately. This weaves itself perforce, into my business. --Shak. That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons. --Milton. And for these words thus woven into song. --Byron. 2. To form as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind by putting together textile materials; as to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as to weave the plot of a story. When she weaved the sleided silk. --Shak. Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld. Lytton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Woven \Wov"en\, p. p. of {Weave}. {Woven paper}, or {Wove paper}, writing paper having an even uniform surface, without watermarks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: woven adj : made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony" [ant: {unwoven}]
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