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to reweave

to reweave

6.0
To repair cloth by weaving new threads into damaged areas
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈwiːv/
translation icon : retejido
  • To fix the tear in the fabric, he carefully reweaved the threads, ensuring a sturdy repair.

Examples

  • It involved reweaving for a length of 60 feet in order to successfully distribute the load.

    Academic text (2011)

  • reweaving,

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After the hole formed in the old sweater, she decided to reweave it with new threads to make it wearable again.

  • The artisan offered to reweave the damaged area of the rug, restoring its original beauty.

Synonyms

to fix
vsto reweave
∞ 1.0

To repair something so it works again

is specifically about repairing fabric by inserting new threads into damaged areas
to sew
vsto reweave
242 1.0

Join, fix and make clothes and other things made of cloth using a needle and thread or a machine

focuses on restoring fabric by inserting new threads into damaged areas specifically
to rework
vsto reweave
30 4.0

To change something again to make it better

means restoring fabric specifically by inserting new threads into damaged areas
to stitch up
vsto reweave
6 3.9

To sew a hole or loose edge to make clothing whole again

restores by inserting threads to rebuild worn fabric rather than just closing edges
to repatch
vsto reweave
  • Specialized
1 6.1

To put a new patch on something already fixed or updated

restores by integrating new threads into the damaged area instead of covering it
to restitch
vsto reweave
1 4.1

To sew a seam again to fix it when it comes apart

restores damaged fabric by inserting new threads rather than repeating seam work
to resew
vsto reweave
1 6.0

To sew something again after it comes loose

restores by inserting new threads into damaged areas rather than simple mending
to inweave
vsto reweave
9.9

To put threads or parts into something by crossing them to make a pattern

repairs damaged fabric by inserting new threads into worn areas
to reknit
vsto reweave
7.4

Make something again using yarn and needles after taking it apart

restores damaged fabric by inserting new threads rather than remaking loops

Antonyms

to destroy
∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

How Restored

to reweave
6.0
to patch
151 2.5

Surface Forms

reweave infinitive
reweaving present participle
reweaves third person singular
reweaved past
reweaved past participle

Morphology

reweave = weave (semi-transparent) = re + weave

The meaning is close to 'weave again', but the specialized repair sense is somewhat narrower than the most general meaning of the base verb.

Etymology

Reweave comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and weave meaning 'to join threads into cloth'. So to reweave cloth is to put new threads into a torn area and make it whole again.