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woven

woven

1 3.4
Made by crossing threads and strips together, like a rug or basket
  • adjective
  • /ˈwoʊvən/
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  • She wore a stunning dress made of woven silk, intricately patterned and unique.
  • woven wire

This is a fabric bag, like a woven fabric bag, really big bag.

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Examples

  • Tweeds are a category of woven wools in these patterns.

  • And that ribbon has a texture, the texture of a woven fabric.

  • So this is the fine woven material here.

  • It's like one of the woven looking ones.

  • Love is woven into every aspect of our lives.

  • This is a fabric bag, like a woven fabric bag, really big bag.

  • So very interesting reflections that are woven into this story.

  • That's part of what is woven into this pretty amazing book.

  • And indeed, on this board you see more woven fabrics, more colours, more tailoring.

  • One by one, the ripe fruit is tossed into stained baskets woven tightly from local grasses.

Synonyms

interwoven
vswoven
4 5.5

Closely joined so the parts are hard to separate

refers to making things by crossing elements into a single piece
handwoven
vswoven
1 4.2

Cloth made by hand on a loom rather than by machine

is neutral about how it was made focusing on construction by crossing elements
braided
vswoven
1 2.7

Made by crossing strands together, like hair or rope

uses crossing of elements instead of twisting strands into rope-like structures
interlacing
vswoven
5.9

Woven closely together to make a pattern

is the general process of making a unified whole by crossing elements together
plain-woven
vswoven
  • Specialized
4.9

Cloth made by crossing threads over and under in a simple pattern

covers making by crossing elements generally not only that simple method

Antonyms

1 7.1

Made of threads or fibers that are left loose and not crossed to make cloth

Compounds

plain-woven
  • Specialized
4.9

Cloth made by crossing threads over and under in a simple pattern

How Basketlike

woven
1 3.4

Surface Forms

woven positive

Morphology

woven = weave (transparent) = weave + en

Direct past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'weave' indicating 'made by weaving', which a learner who knows 'weave' can readily infer.

Etymology

The word woven comes from the old English verb weave, which means 'to cross and join threads', and you can see the same root in weaver. Think of a rug or basket where threads are crossed to make one piece; that is why 'woven' means 'made by crossing parts together into a single whole'.