weave
US: /ˈwiv/
UK: /wˈiːv/
UK: /wˈiːv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
weave /wi:v/
- danh từ
- kiểu, dệt
- kiểu, dệt
- ngoại động từ wove; woven
- dệt
- to weave thread into cloth: dệt sợi thành vải
- đan, kết lại
- to weave baskets: đan rổ
- to weave flowers: kết hoa
- (nghĩa bóng) kết lại; thêu dệt, bày ra
- to weave facts into a story: lấy sự việc kết lại thành một câu chuyện
- to weave a plot: bày ra một âm mưu
- dệt
- nội động từ
- dệt
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) đi len lỏi, đi quanh co
- the road weaves through the plain: con đường đi quanh co qua cánh đồng
- lắc lư, đua đưa
- (quân sự), (hàng không) bay tránh
- to weave one's way
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) đi lách, len lỏi qua
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (wove )
Help Note: In sense 4 weaved is used for the past tense and past participle.
1 ~ A (from B)
~ B (into A)
~ sth (together) to make fabric, a carpet, a basket, etc. by crossing threads or strips across, over and under each other by hand or on a machine called a LOOM: [VN] The baskets are woven from strips of willow. + The strips of willow are woven into baskets. + Most spiders weave webs that are almost invisible. + threads woven together + [V] She is skilled at spinning and weaving.
2 [VN] ~ A (out of / from B)
~ B (into A) to make sth by twisting flowers, pieces of wood, etc. together: She deftly wove the flowers into a garland.
3 [VN] ~ sth (into sth)
~ sth (together) to put facts, events, details, etc. together to make a story or a closely connected whole: to weave a story / narrative + The biography weaves together the various strands of Einstein's life.
4 (weaved, weaved) [+adv./prep.] to move along by running and changing direction continuously to avoid things that are in your way: [V] She was weaving in and out of the traffic. + He hurried on, weaving through the crowd. + The road weaves through a range of hills. + [VN] He had to weave his way through the milling crowds.
Idioms: weave your magic
weave a spell (over sb) (especially BrE) to perform or behave in a way that attracts and interests sb very much or makes them react in a particular way: Will Owen be able to weave his magic against Scotland on Wednesday?
+ noun
the way in which threads are arranged in a piece of fabric that has been woven; the pattern that the threads make: a close / fine / rough weave
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 loom; braid, plait, entwine, intertwine, interlace, interweave, knit (together):
These fabrics were woven by hand. Weave these leather strands together to make a belt.
2 blend, combine, fuse, merge, unite, intermingle, mesh, splice, dovetail, join:
The threads of their lives are inextricably woven together.
3 construct, make, contrive, build, create, fabricate, compose, spin, design:
Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!
4 zigzag, criss-cross, wend or make (one's) way, dodge, bob and weave, shift:
Look at that motor cyclist weaving in and out of the traffic!
5 get weaving. get started, get a move on, hurry (up), start, Colloq shake a leg, Brit get or pull (one's) finger out, Chiefly US get a wiggle on:
If you're going to get to work on time, you'd best get weaving.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
specially
The carpet was specially woven to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of the cathedral's foundation.
| skilfully
(often figurative) Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.
| inextricably, intricately
(both figurative) The whisky is inextricably woven into Scotland's history, customs and culture.
| together
weaving the threads together
PREP.
from
a basket woven from strips of willow
| into
A pattern is woven into the fabric.
Concise English dictionary
wove|woven|weaves|weavingwɪːv
noun
+pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
verb
+interlace by or as it by weaving
+create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
+sway to and fro
+to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
