to weave
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3.5
- verb
- /wiːv/
:
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- She decided to weave the stories of her ancestors into her novel.
- weave together
- weave a story
- weave threads
Their circumstances demand that they weave an inclusive narrative.
- Their circumstances demand that they weave an inclusive narrative.
- And he found ways to weave that into the structure of his work.
- And start at below their feet and start to imagine that you weave this cocoon.
- And the last couple of years almost everywhere I go, I weave in justice into it.
- She would have been somebody who would in fact, you know, weave that fabric.
- And there are companies who buy the scrap and, you know, weave them into new fabrics.
- And then she weaves that into a dough and makes flatbread.
- So many spiders know this and just simply have to weave a new web every day.
- Like you have to provide them with something entertaining and, and that and, and weave those messages throughout.
Examples
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In doing so, we will be weaving psychological and neuroscientific experiences into a coherent viewpoint.
Academic text (2015) -
One entrepreneur educator stated, "You have to weave entrepreneurship throughout the institution."
Academic text (2012) -
And he found ways to weave that into the structure of his work.
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And the last couple of years almost everywhere I go, I weave in justice into it.
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Because in a story you can weave in so many amazing messages.
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All of these things help weave into the fabric of my being.
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We listen carefully so we can weave students' responses and ideas into the discussion.
Academic text (2013) -
Chances are the art teacher will be open to exploring opportunities to weave art into the classroom curriculum.
Academic text (2012) -
Together, the participants in this symposium weave a complex tapestry of policy dos and don'ts.
Academic text (1994) -
The image that best captures this notion is one of diverse threads weaving themselves into a tapestry.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
46
5.4
Twist things together so they become joined or tangled
38
3.1
To make fabric by looping yarn with needles or a machine
20
4.1
Make fabric or items by looping yarn with a hooked needle
6
5.1
To cross things like fingers or strings so they hold together
4
6.3
To weave yarn into cloth on a machine
4
6.3
To mix different things closely together, like threads or melodies
To put threads or parts into something by crossing them to make a pattern
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.5
A fabric with threads placed far apart so small holes let light and air through
- Specialized
A way of crossing threads to make a smooth, shiny fabric used for clothes and bedding
- Specialized
A simple pattern where threads cross over and under to make a smooth, slightly shiny cloth
How Interlaced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Weave originally meant 'to join threads to make cloth', just like what a weaver does, and people began to use it for joining other things too. That's why to weave a story or idea is to bring parts together into one connected whole.