WEAVE
What does "WEAVE" mean?
To form fabric by interlacing threads, or to move in and out through obstacles.
Meanings
- To make cloth or other material by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at right angles. The artisans weave rugs by hand on wooden looms.
- To move repeatedly from side to side, twisting and turning to avoid obstacles. The cyclist had to weave through rush-hour traffic.
- To combine separate elements into a connected whole, such as a story. She wove three timelines into a single novel. figurative
- A particular style or pattern of interlacing in fabric. The jacket had a tight herringbone weave.
Did you know?
- The punched cards that programmed early computers trace back to weaving: Joseph-Marie Jacquard's 1804 loom used holes in cards to control which threads lifted, and that idea was later borrowed for data input.
Word origin
From Old English 'wefan' (to weave), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with German 'weben' and ultimately the Indo-European root that also gives 'web'.
Remember it
WEAVE contains 'WE' - it takes two sets of threads working together to weave, just as 'we' takes more than one.
A little poem
Threads cross threads in turn -
over, under, over, under,
and a whole cloth holds.
haiku
Wordplay
- The loom and the highway driver argued about who works harder. The driver said, 'At least when I weave, nobody calls it art.'
What it teaches
Strength comes from crossing: a single thread tears, but threads that weave through each other hold.
Quick facts
What does WEAVE mean?
To form fabric by interlacing threads, or to move in and out through obstacles.
Is WEAVE a valid word?
Yes — WEAVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WEAVE?
WEAVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WEAVE come from?
From Old English 'wefan' (to weave), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with German 'weben' and ultimately the Indo-European root that also gives 'web'.
What can WEAVE teach us?
Strength comes from crossing: a single thread tears, but threads that weave through each other hold.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.