Weave

wev, v. [imp. wove (wov); p. p. woven or wove; weaving.] To unite (threads of any kind) in such a manner as to form a texture; to unite intimately, or by close connection or intermixture; to form (cloth) by interlacing threads; to form into a — fabric, compose. v. To practice weaving, work with a loom; to become woven or interwoven. (AS. wefan (imp. wsef, p. p. wefen), D. weven, G. iveben; Gr. hup he, a web, hupkanein, to weave, Skr. urnavabhis, a spider, a wool-weaver, ve, vap, to weave, Lith. woras, a spider web, weft, woof, wafer — Weav'er, n. One who weaves. (Ornith.) A pa erine bird of Africa and the E. Indies, which constructs nests, often pensile, by interweaving twigs and fibers. (Entom.) An aquatic insect, the whirligig, q. v.