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weaved

weaved is the simple past and past participle of weave.

Meaning of weave

Verb (1)

weave (third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past wove or weaved, past participle woven or weaved or (now colloquial and nonstandard) wove)

  1. (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
    • This loom weaves yarn into cloth.
  2. (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.
    • Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
  3. (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture.
    • This weaves itself, perforce, into my business.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  4. (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
    • to weave the plot of a story

Verb (2)

weave (third-person singular simple present weaves, present participle weaving, simple past and past participle weaved)

  1. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
    • The drunk weaved into another bar.
  2. (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
    • The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.

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Questions about weaved

What is weaved the simple past and past participle of?
Weaved is the simple past and past participle of weave.

Words near weaved in the dictionary

  1. weathery
  2. Weatogue
  3. weavable
  4. weave
  5. weaveable
  6. weaved
  7. weaver
  8. weaver ant
  9. weaver ants
  10. Weaver syndrome
  11. weaver's hitch

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