weav´ing|ly

weav´ing|ly
weave «weev», verb, wove or (Rare) weaved, wo|ven or wove, weav|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to form (threads or strips) into a thing or fabric. People weave thread into cloth, straw into hats, and reeds into baskets.
2. to make (something) out of threads or strips: »

She is weaving a rug. A spider weaves a web.

3. Figurative. a) to combine into a whole: »

The author wove three plots together into one story.

b) to make by combining parts: »

The author wove a story from three plots.

4. Figurative. to introduce into a connected whole: »

to weave a melody into a musical composition.

5. to make with care, by weaving: »

Figurative. to weave a web of lies.

6. Figurative. to direct in a twisting and turning course: »

to weave one's way home, to weave a car in and out of traffic.

–v.i.
1. to work with a loom.
2. to become woven or interlaced.
3. Figurative. to go by twisting and turning; move with a rocking or swaying motion: »

a car weaving in and out of traffic.

–n.
a method or pattern of weaving: »

Homespun is a cloth of coarse weave.

╂[Old English wefan]
–weav´ing|ly, adverb.
Usage As past participle, wove is chiefly used in technical terms like wire-wove and wove paper.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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