WOVEN
What does "WOVEN" mean?
Past participle of weave; formed by interlacing threads, strands, or elements.
Meanings
- Past participle of 'weave': made by interlacing threads or strips on a loom. The blanket was woven from undyed wool.
- Formed by combining many parts or threads into a unified whole. Several plotlines are woven into a single story. figurative
Did you know?
- WOVEN belongs to a vanishing club of '-ven' participles - cloven, graven, riven, shaven - old strong verbs that English mostly traded for regular '-ed' endings centuries ago.
Word origin
Past participle of 'weave', from Old English 'wefan' (to weave); the irregular 'woven' preserves a Germanic strong-verb pattern, like 'broke/broken' and 'spoke/spoken'.
Remember it
WEAVE becomes WOVEN the way SPEAK becomes SPOKEN: the 'ea' folds into 'o', then takes 'n'.
A little poem
Loose threads in the hand-
over, under, over, under,
now nothing comes loose.
haiku
What it teaches
Nothing strong is a single thread; strength is what happens when separate strands agree to cross.
Quick facts
What does WOVEN mean?
Past participle of weave; formed by interlacing threads, strands, or elements.
Is WOVEN a valid word?
Yes — WOVEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WOVEN?
WOVEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WOVEN come from?
Past participle of 'weave', from Old English 'wefan' (to weave); the irregular 'woven' preserves a Germanic strong-verb pattern, like 'broke/broken' and 'spoke/spoken'.
What can WOVEN teach us?
Nothing strong is a single thread; strength is what happens when separate strands agree to cross.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.