26984 words

weaving

4 definitions • 6 examples
1
the act of making cloth by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads on a loom (= special frame):

Examples:

There has been increasing automation of spinning and weaving.
At that time the weaving of cloth was traditionally a man's profession.
2
the act of making an object by twisting long pieces of something together:

Examples:

They were skilled in the weaving of grass baskets.
3
the act of making something by combining different parts, in a complicated or skilled way:

Examples:

This layering and weaving of other styles and songs into his own is characteristic of his work.
the clever weaving of a true-crime story
4
the act of moving in a way that often changes direction:

Examples:

He described the idiotic weaving around of other drivers.

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