weave

Meanings

Verb

• To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
• To spin a cocoon or a web.
• To unite by close connection or intermixture.
• To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
• To move by turning and twisting.
• To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
• To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.

Noun

• A type or way of weaving.
• Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.

Origin

• From Middle English weven, from Old English wefan ("to weave"), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ("to weave, braid").
• Cognate with Saterland Frisian weeuwe, West Frisian weve, Dutch weven, German weben, Danish væve, Swedish väva, Norwegian Nynorsk veva, Icelandic vefa.
• From Middle English weven; probably from Old Norse veifa ("move around, wave"), related to Latin vibrare.