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Meaning of woven

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

woven

Pronunciation:/ˈwəʊvən//ˈwoʊvən/

verb

Definitions

  1. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

    Example: This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.

  2. To spin a cocoon or a web.

    Example: Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.

  3. To unite by close connection or intermixture.

  4. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.

    Example: to weave the plot of a story

noun

Definitions

  1. A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Fabricated by weaving.

    Example: Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof.

  2. Interlaced

    Example: The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving.