weave

For the verb: "to weave"

Simple Past: wove
Past Participle: woven

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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 make (basketwork or a wreath) by interlacing rods or flowers.
  • 3 (weave something into) make interconnected elements into (a story).
noun a particular style or manner in which fabric is woven.
– derivatives
weaving noun.
– origin OE wefan, of Gmc origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
weave2
verb
  • 1 move from side to side to progress around obstructions.
  • 2 (of a horse) repeatedly swing the head and forepart of the body from side to side.
– phrases
get weaving Brit. informal set briskly to work.
– origin C16: prob. from ON veifa ‘to wave, brandish’.
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