weaving
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[edit]Noun
[edit]weaving (countable and uncountable, plural weavings)
- (uncountable) The process of making woven material on a loom.
- (countable) A piece of such material.
- 2007 September 28, Holland Cotter, “Lenore Tawney, an Innovator in Weaving, Dies at 100”, in New York Times[1]:
- In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends.
- (countable) An unsteady back and forth motion.
- 1980, David Madsen, Black Plume:
- Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal.
Derived terms
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[edit]process of making woven material
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piece of such material
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unsteady back and forth motion
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Verb
[edit]weaving
- present participle and gerund of weave
- The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic
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