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Woven

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.

Woven

Woven \Wov"en\, p. p. of Weave.

Woven paper, or Wove paper, writing paper having an even, uniform surface, without watermarks.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
woven

late 15c., past participle adjective from weave (v.) on analogy of stolen.

Wiktionary
woven
  1. 1 fabricate by weave#Etymology 1. 2 interlaced n. A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic. v

  2. (past participle of weave English)

WordNet
weave
  1. n. pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

  2. [also: woven, wove]

weave
  1. v. interlace by or as it by weaving [syn: interweave] [ant: unweave]

  2. create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: tissue]

  3. sway to and fro [syn: waver]

  4. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" [syn: wind, thread, meander, wander]

  5. [also: woven, wove]

woven

adj. made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony" [ant: unwoven]

woven

See weave

Wikipedia
Woven (band)

Woven is an experimental rock band from Los Angeles, California.

Usage examples of "woven".

Aes Sedai unknown to Min, wearing the shawl of the Brown Ajah, accompanied a stout woman in finely woven red wool to the doors.

Egwene checked the shield woven from Spirit that blocked Joiya from touching the True Source.

She herself had woven all the flows around Joiya and tied them to maintain themselves, but she could not be easy in the same room with a Darkfriend who had the ability to channel, even if it was blocked.

Even so, she had to take herself in hand before she could unravel the flows of Air woven around the Darkfriend.

A necklace of sapphires like a deep morning sky, and another strand woven into her red-gold curls, showed up the blue of her eyes.

He held her there, spread-eagled over a woven hunting scene, feet off the floor and snowy gown spread out and flattened.

It may be that that allows them to read the thread of a human life, read the various ways it may yet be woven into the Pattern.

Vases of flowers, baskets of them, posies tied with ribbon or even string, great woven banks of flowers standing about like lengths of garden wall.

Moiraine sometimes talked of the complexity of Age Lace, the Pattern of an Age, woven by the Wheel of Time from the thread of human lives.

A few woven flows of Air from either of them could deal with these ruffians.

A small warding woven around the box ensured no hand but hers could safely open it.

With a grimace she added beads of green jade woven into the thin plaits.

Brush and flood-toppled trees woven with creepers covered the forest floor around him.

Not strong flows, but definitely the Power being woven, or maybe a weave maintained.

Spirit straining against woven Spirit, just short of severing Moghedien from the Source forever.