weaving

weaving
    n 1: creating fabric
    

Weave \Weave\ (w[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Wove} (w[=o]v); p. p.
   {Woven} (w[=o]v"'n), {Wove}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weaving}. The
   regular imp. & p. p. {Weaved} (w[=e]vd), is rarely used.]
   [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG.
   weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. v[aum]fva, Dan. v[ae]ve, Gr.
   "yfai`nein, v., "y`fos web, Skr. [=u]r[.n]av[=a]bhi spider,
   lit., wool weaver. Cf. {Waper}, {Waffle}, {Web}, {Weevil},
   {Weft}, {Woof}.]
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   1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to
      form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as,
      to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close
      connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
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            This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
                                                  --Shak.
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            That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired
            silk
            To deck her sons.                     --Milton.
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            And for these words, thus woven into song. --Byron.
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   2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as
      a texture of any kind, by putting together textile
      materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet;
      hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate;
      as, to weave the plot of a story.
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            When she weaved the sleided silk.     --Shak.
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            Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. --Ld.
                                                  Lytton.
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Weaving \Weav"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art
      of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of
      threads.
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   2. (Far.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and
      body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of
      a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. --Youatt.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "weaving":
      arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching,
      crossing-out, entwining, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating,
      grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching,
      interlacement, interlacing, intertexture, intertwinement,
      intertwining, interweaving, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing,
      lattice, latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting,
      network, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule,
      reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue,
      tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twining, wattle, weave, web,
      webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork