weaving

Speech parts

1. weaving - Noun

2. weaving - Verb

Meaning

of Weave

The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.

An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

knitting weave interlacing braiding basketry interweaving plaiting dodge weaver riddle create braid matting pattern wind
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Antonyms

cleave right direct remain separate continue
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Hypernyms

handicraft

Hyponyms

netting

Phrases with the word

hair weaving get weaving on weaving machine weaving tool basket-weaving fibre mechanical weaving loom

Examples

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning. Henry Ward Beecher

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth. Khaled Hosseini

The sigh of all the seas breaking in measure round the isles soothed them; the night wrapped them; nothing broke their sleep, until, the birds beginning and the dawn weaving their thin voices in to its whiteness. Virginia Woolf

The difference between appearances and truth is the same as between warping and weaving. Corsican Proverb

To a weaving that has begun, God sends threads. Italian Proverb

It is better to start weaving your fishing nets than merely coveting fish at the water. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Weavering Street Weaverling Weaverville weaving loom weaving looms weaving machine