How do you use the word "weave" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "weave" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "weave": Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions. My grandmother likes to weave things.

Weave Meaning

/wiːv/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

verbTo spin a cocoon or a web.

Sentence Examples

Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.

My grandmother likes to weave things.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

tissue

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Using a loom, the artisan will ____ the cotton threads into a beautiful fabric.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In the past, people used several large machines to ____ beautiful fabrics from various types of natural wool and cotton today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Eugene "Uncle Onio" Punzal has lived on Kauai his whole life. He began weaving coconut fronds when he was a young child after seeing traditional weavers selling their pāpales (a traditional style of crownless hat) and baskets to tourists on the beach." — 2026, Rebecca Fox, “Weaving with Aloha”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 80:

"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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

"these words, thus woven into song" — 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza CII:

"According to the simple meaning, these verses warn against forgetting the Torah and against idol worship, but our Sages wove them into an Aggadic passage which deals with physical danger in order to say: Jews must protect their physical health." — 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 193:

"Although fabrics of complex weave can most surely be identified as being imports, others, including a vast array of simple fabrics—bedding, table linens, everyday clothing fabrics—could have been made on either side of the Atlantic, since the materials and equipment were the same." — 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 239:

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