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weaving

/ˈwivɪŋ/

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What does weaving mean?

noun

  1. The process of making woven material on a loom.
  2. A piece of such material.
  3. An unsteady back and forth motion.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. The uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of weave

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈwivɪŋ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The shoemaking and mending, the blacksmithing, cartwrighting, coopering, weaving, and grain-grinding, were all performed by the slaves on the home plantation.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
Then she put her hands behind her head, and gathered some of her hair, and began weaving and knotting it together.
George MacDonaldAt the Back of the North WindProject Gutenberg ebook #225
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The thin red clouds which hung above their pointed tops began to boil and move rapidly, weaving in and out like smoke.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
I expect that Shakespeare devised Iago with a gusto which he never knew when, weaving moonbeams with his fancy, he imagined Desdemona.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222
There he was occupied at basket weaving and was chiefly notable for keeping up the characteristics that were peculiar to him before.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449