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Weaved

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["a]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.]

  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.

    This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.
    --Shak.

    That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk To deck her sons.
    --Milton.

    And for these words, thus woven into song.
    --Byron.

  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.

    When she weaved the sleided silk.
    --Shak.

    Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves.
    --Ld. Lytton.

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weaved

vb. (en-past of weave move by turning or twisting)

Usage examples of "weaved".

Through aching eyes he watched as Sergeant Saito weaved his way down the slope and came to attention, snapping a weary salute.

Ikawa pointed up the narrow defile that weaved up into the heart of the mountain.

Pina, stunned by the impact of the shots, weaved and dodged to throw off his enemy's aim.

Macha shouted, pointing to where the offworlders weaved back and forth, dodging the powerful counterblasts of his heavy wall crystals.

It dove hungrily into the drow's exposed left flank, tip twist­ing as it weaved its way into the soft flesh beneath the rib cage.

Drizzt's scimitars, slender blades of no more than two pounds of metal, perfectly balanced by both workmanship and enchantment, weaved effortlessly, and, even without the bracers, his hands were quicker than his feet.

They weaved through the foul-smelling streets and dark alley­ways for a fair distance, passing through business districts where duergar artisans and merchants kept their shops in cramped buildings of field-stone.

Dazed, kneeling in the rubble, he gathered himself and weaved dizzily to his feet, looking with amazement at the young man who had come to his rescue.

He weaved a moment on his ladder of rough roots, clutching for purchase in the fractured dark.

Vainly he tried to stand, then weaved over the chair and thought better of it.

Bullets zinged overhead, but they ran and ducked and weaved, never giving anyone a steady target.

He weaved and darted, and each flick of the knife relieved someone of a body part—an ear, a finger, a nose.

These stalks weaved slowly back and forth, moving closer together, then farther apart.

Fragments of old conversations weaved through her mind, revealing connections as she spoke.

Motorbikes weaved through the chaos, their engines screaming with two-cycle revolutions.