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verb/wiːv/
  1. 1

    To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.transitive

    • This loom weaves yarn into cloth.
  2. 2

    To spin a cocoon or a web.transitive

    • Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
  3. 3

    To unite by close connection or intermixture.transitive

    • This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
    • these words, thus woven into song
  4. 4

    To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.transitive

    • to weave the plot of a story
noun/wiːv/
  1. 1

    A type or way of weaving.

    • That rug has a very tight weave.
  2. 2

    Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

    • The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
verb/wiːv/
  1. 1

    To move by turning and twisting.intransitive

    • The drunk weaved into another bar.
  2. 2

    To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.transitive

    • The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.
  3. 3

    To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.intransitive

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