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[*** \mathrm{weave}^1] |wēv|

verb (past wove |wōv| ; past participle woven |ˈwōvən| or wove) with object
form (fabric or a fabric item) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them:
〈糸など〉を織る; 〈竹・枝など〉を編む; …を織り, 編み合わせる(together); «…を» …を織って, 編んで作る «into»
e.g. linen was woven in the district.
(織機で) «…から» 〈布〉を織る; 〈かごなど〉を編む, 作る «from, (out) of»
e.g. some thick mohairs can be difficult to weave.
no object (usually as noun weaving) make fabric by interlacing threads on a loom:
(機(はた)/織物を)織る
e.g. cotton spinning and weaving was done in mills.
make (a complex story or pattern) from a number of interconnected elements:
«…から» 〈綿密な話・計画〉を作る, 練る «from»
e.g. he weaves colorful, cinematic plots.
【話に】〈細かな点〉をまとめ合わせる, 加える, ちりばめる(together) «into»
e.g. flashbacks are woven into the narrative.

noun
1. usually with adjective a particular style or manner in which something is woven:
〖通例修飾語を伴って〗生地の織り方, 編み方; …織り, 編み; 織り模様
e.g. scarlet cloth of a very fine weave.
2. a hairstyle created by weaving pieces of real or artificial hair into a person's existing hair, typically in order to increase its length or thickness:
⦅くだけて⦆ ヘアピース, エクステ
e.g. trailers show him with dyed blond hair and, in one scene, a flowing blond weave.

ORIGIN
Old English wefan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huphēweb’ and Sanskrit ūrṇavābhispider’, literally ‘wool-weaver’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th century.

[*** \mathrm{weave}^2] |wēv|

verb no object
twist and turn from side to side while moving somewhere in order to avoid obstructions:
e.g. he had to weave his way through the crowds.
take evasive action in an aircraft, typically by moving it from side to side.
(of a horse) repeatedly swing the head and forepart of the body from side to side (considered to be a vice).

ORIGIN
late 16th century: probably from Old Norse veifa ‘to wave, brandish’.