weaving

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weaving¹

  • /ˈwiːvɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːvɪŋ

noun weavings

  1. uncountable The process of making woven material on a loom.
  2. countable A piece of such material. In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends.
  3. countable An unsteady back and forth motion. Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal.
  4. uncountable The uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of weave The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic

Weaving²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lurching, stumbling, staggering, unsteady, handloom, yarn, knit, embroidery, tapestry, webbing, knitting, textile, forging, building, spinning, making

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noun process of making woven material

Españoltejido
日本語織り ori
中文梭織 /梭织 suōzhī, 機織 /机织 jīzhī
हिन्दीबुनाई bunāī
Kiswahiliufumaji
Portuguêstecelagem
Françaistissage
Italianotessitura
Ελληνικάύφανση ýfansi, υφαντική yfantikí

noun piece of such material

Españoltejido, tejimiento
DeutschWebstück

noun unsteady back and forth motion

Españolzigzagueo, serpenteo, culebreo

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@misc{weaving_2026,
  title = {weaving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weaving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}