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weaving

weaving

8 2.8
Making cloth by crossing threads
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːvɪŋ/
translation icon : tejido
  • What these ladies are doing is weaving cloth.
  • basket weaving
  • silk weaving
  • spinning and weaving

Quick stuff and slow stuff could is very easily be visualised as like a weaving of different threads and fibres.

Examples

  • Recent history has seen a rapid expansion of weaving in the region.

    Academic text (1993)
  • After returning home, she took classes in cooking, weaving, and painting.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And Clara, she does some weaving for the shops.

  • The flexible fabrics, bags, and matting showcase several styles of weaving and braiding.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Throughout the summer months, Japan's tetsumugi (hand weaving) enthusiasts travel to Shinshu to participate in these seminars.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The artisan demonstrated the intricate process of weaving beautiful tapestries from colorful threads.

  • During the festival, visitors learned about the traditional craft of weaving fabric using a loom.

  • Her grandmother spent hours weaving blankets that were both functional and artistic.

Compounds

Making carpets by hand or machine

orb-weaving
  • Specialized
8.4

A spider that makes round, wheel-like webs

orb-weaving spider
  • Specialized
8.2

A spider that spins round webs to catch flying insects

A joke name for an easy, useless college class

How Intricate

tapestry
23 5.6
Jacquard
  • Specialized
9.9
weaving
8 2.8
to twill
  • Specialized
1 8.2
plain weave
  • Specialized
5.3

Surface Forms

weaving singular
weavings plural

Morphology

weaving = weave (transparent) = weave + ing

A direct gerund/nominalization from the verb 'weave' indicating the action or process.

Etymology

Weaving comes from an old English word meaning 'to make cloth by crossing threads' and is related to the common word web, a net of threads. So weaving means the action of interlacing threads to make fabric.